[Xymon] suppress log contents from 'msgs' column ?

[Mark Felder]

On Wed, May 13, 2015, at 11:43, John Thurston wrote:
> In testing 4.3.20, I've noticed that the 'msgs' column (for hosts 
> running the xymon solaris client) contain lines from my logs even when 
> they are reporting 'green'. I don't really want the contents of 
> /var/adm/messages leaked to every viewer of my Xymon web interface.
> 
> I now see that this behavior is also on my 4.3.17 server. I've just 
> never noticed it because:
> A) I never visit any 'green' bubbles
> B) I only have three hosts running the xymon client
> 
> When the test goes 'red', I can see value in displaying the offending 
> lines from the log, but I can't see any value in continually leaking 
> arbitrary lines of my logs to arbitrary users. Is there an easy way to 
> suppress these log lines from the green status messages?
> 
> Argh. I've only now noticed that the 'cpu' column is also spilling all 
> of my running processes. I thought I had taken care of that problem when 
> I suppressed the 'procs' column. Does anyone actually derive value from 
> having this information continually published on the Xymon web interface 
> for all the world to see?
>

Is your Xymon server open to the public internet? :-)

cpu: I think it's useful to capture those moments in time especially
when you want to see what changed between green and red.

logs: I agree; it's a waste to capture/display the contents if you're
not matching anything