Proposal for new CRON organisation

[stefaweb]

I propose to reorganize the cron files.

Rename db_clean.php as mailwatch-db-clean Move quarantine_maint.php to /usr/local/bin/ Move quarantine_report.php to /usr/local/bin/ Rename quarantine_maint.sh as mailwatch-quarantine-maintenance to be put in /etc/cron.daily/ Rename msre_reload.crond as msre_reload Rename mailwatch-db-clean.sh as mailwatch-db-clean Create mailwatch-quarantine-report file to be put in /etc/cron.daily/

New documentation:

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INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
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Database cleanup of maillog records
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Put the file mailwatch-db-clean into /etc/cron.daily/

You need to edit conf.php and change the RECORD_DAYS_TO_KEEP definition.

You may need to edit the mailwatch-db-clean to reflect the location of the functions.php file.

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Quarantine Maintenance
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Put the file quarantine_maint.php into /usr/local/bin/

Put the file mailwatch-quarantine-maintenance into /etc/cron.daily/

You need to edit in conf.php the QUARANTINE_DAYS_TO_KEEP variable.

You may need to edit the quarantine_maint.php to reflect the location of the functions.php file.

For MailScanner v4: Delete the clean.quarantine cron file.

For MailScanner v5: Change the variable for Quarantine Retention to "q_days=0" in /etc/MailScanner/defaults.

You may need to edit the quarantine_maint.php to reflect the location of the functions.php file.

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Quarantine Report
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Put the file quarantine_report.php into /usr/local/bin/

Put the file mailwatch-quarantine-report into /etc/cron.daily/

You may need to edit the quarantine_maint.php to reflect the location of the functions.php file.

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MailScanner Rule Editor
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Configure the file msre_reload to fit your need.

Put the file msre_reload into /etc/cron.d/.

See the instructions in tools/MailScanner_rule_editor/INSTALL

Files mailwatch-quarantine-maintenance

# check if script is available
test -x /usr/local/bin/quarantine_maint.php || exit 0

# run script
/usr/local/bin/quarantine_maint.php --clean

exit 0

Files mailwatch-quarantine-report

# check if script is available
test -x /usr/local/bin/quarantine_report.php || exit 0

# run script
/usr/local/bin/quarantine_report.php >/dev/null 2>&1

exit 0

[stefaweb]

Just for remember. Debian CRON don't work with filename with dot in.

[endelwar]

There will not be so much files to move or link around the filesystem in V2, most likely the CLI commands will be something like:

$ bin/mw2-cli quarantine-report
$ bin/mw2-cli quarantine-mainteniance

and so on

[stefaweb]

Fine system. We can may be use my proposal for the current 1.2?

[stefaweb]

Hello!

I'm back on this. The current cron files and organisation is source of problem (and support).

Are you ok if I propose a PR to reorganize all this stuff for 1.2?

[endelwar]

Only if you review and write the new documentation along with code :wink::wink::wink:

[asuweb]

All of the cron.daily stuff can be combined in one script in cron.daily.

Also, the proposed install script should take care of all of this stuff.

[stefaweb]

Yes, I can do it.

Let me first push the PR first to see and discuss.