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Date:       2001-10-12 19:01:08
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   1. Re: Swatch bug-report (E. Todd Atkins)

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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2001 16:58:00 -0700
From: "E. Todd Atkins" <todd.atkins@ucsb.edu>
To: Olivier Poitrey <rs-web@rhapsodyk.net>
CC: swatch-users@ucsb.edu
Subject: Re: [Swatch-users] Swatch bug-report

The project is still active though I don't get around to updating the 
program as often as I would like. I hope to have version 3.0.3 out soon.

Olivier Poitrey wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I've tried to contact the swatch author for a bug report, but haven't got
> any reply. So I forward it to this list.
> 
> I think that throttle option is buggy too. Had somebody success to use it ?
> 
> Is this project still alive ?
> 
> thx
> 
> ----- Forwarded message from Olivier Poitrey <Olivier@Pas-tres.net> -----
> 
> Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2001 13:52:37 +0200
> From: Olivier Poitrey <Olivier@Pas-tres.net>
> To: todd.atkins@ucsb.edu
> Subject: Swatch bug-report
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I've try you script and I love it. But a bug in the 3.0.2 and last snapshot
> (20010522) prevent me to use it with the "mail" action.
> 
> My configuration file was :
> 
> watchfor /patern/
> mail address=user1@domain:user2@domain,subject=my subject
> 
> and --dump-script got this :
> 
> if (/patern/) {
> send_email(' ADDRESSES' => "user1@domain:user2@domain", 'MESSAGE' => "$_", \
> 'SUBJECT' => "my subject", ); next;
> }    
> 
> Be aware of the space between ' and A of ADDRESS. This made swath to ignore
> my parameters and to send mail to default adresse who is the user that lauch
> the script.
> 
> After a little investigation in the source, I found the bug, its in the
> "read_config" function. At line 532 (from swatch snapshot 20010522), you
> can see this line :
> 
> ($val = substr($_, length($key))) =~ s/^\s*=\s*//;
> 
> You have to replace by this one :
> 
> ($val = substr($_, length($key))) =~ s/^\s*=\s*|^\s+//;
> 
> 
> The problem come from your following test :
> 
> if (/\s*=\s*/) {
> 
> that search for action constructed like
> 
> echo=random
> 
> but it also match
> 
> mail addresses=email...
> 
> 
> hope that help, and thanx for this great script :)
> 
> best regards
> 
> PS: sorry for my poor english
> 
> 


-- 
Todd Atkins
  Network Security Coordinator
  UCSB/Office of Information Technology
  Voice: (805) 893-5077 Fax: (805) 893-5051
  http://www.oit.ucsb.edu/~eta




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