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Homework and Emergencies Emergency UNIX and Linux Support Mail notifications for sudo shows syntax error Post 302903197 by babinlonston on Monday 26th of May 2014 03:29:38 AM
Old 05-26-2014
Linux Mail notifications for sudo shows syntax error
Im Using Centos Version

Code:
[sysadmin@li406-64 ~]$ cat /etc/redhat-release 
CentOS release 6.4 (Final)

I'm Using Sudo Version

Code:
[sysadmin@backup-srv ~]$ sudo -V
Sudo version 1.8.6p3
Sudoers policy plugin version 1.8.6p3
Sudoers file grammar version 42
Sudoers I/O plugin version 1.8.6p3

tried to setup notification mail for sudo, added this entry in bottom of sudo file using command visudo, But getting syntax error

Code:
Defaults	mailto "babin@xxxxxxxxx.com"
Defaults	mailfrom "root@media.xxxxxxxxxxx.com
Defaults	mail_always on
Defaults	mailsub “*** Command run via sudo on %h ***”
Defaults	mail_badpass on
Defaults	badpass_message "Please Provide Correct Password"
Defaults	!lecture,tty_tickets,!fqdn,!syslog
Defaults	logfile=/var/log/sudo.log

This what the error im keep on getting while saving the sudo


Code:
 121 Defaults        mailto "babin@xxxxxxxxx.com"
    122 Defaults        mailfrom "root@media.xxxxxxxxxxx.com
    123 Defaults        mail_always on
    124 Defaults        mailsub “*** Command run via sudo on %h ***”
    125 Defaults        mail_badpass on
    126 Defaults        badpass_message "Please Provide Correct Password"
    127 Defaults        !lecture,tty_tickets,!fqdn,!syslog
    128 Defaults        logfile=/var/log/sudo.log


Error:

Code:
visudo: >>> /etc/sudoers: syntax error near line 121 <<<
visudo: >>> /etc/sudoers: syntax error near line 121 <<<
What now?

Please guide me how to setup the mail notification for Sudo version 1.8.6p3
 

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yum-updatesd.conf

yum-updatesd.conf(5)					  yum-updatesd configuration file				      yum-updatesd.conf(5)

NAME

       yum-updatesd.conf - Configuration file for yum-updatesd(8).

DESCRIPTION

       yum-updatesd uses a configuration file at /etc/yum/yum-updatesd.conf.

       Additional configuration information is read from the main yum.conf (5) configuration file.

PARAMETERS

       There is one section in the yum-updatesd configuration file, main, which defines all of the global configuration options.

[main] OPTIONS
       The [main] section must exist for yum-updatesd to do anything. It consists of the following options:

       run_interval
	      Number of seconds to wait between checks for available updates.

       updaterefresh
	      Minimum number of seconds between update information refreshes to avoid hitting the server too often.

       emit_via
	      List of ways to emit update notification.  Valid values are `email', `dbus' and `syslog'.

       do_update
	      Boolean option to decide whether or not updates should be automatically applied.	Defaults to False.

       do_download_deps
	      Boolean option to decide whether or not updates should be automatically downloaded.  Defaults to False.

       do_download_deps
	      Boolean option to automatically download dependencies of packages which need updating as well.  Defaults to False.

MAIL OPTIONS

       email_to
	      List of email addresses to send update notification to.  Defaults to `root@localhost'.

       email_from
	      Email address for update notifications to be from.  Defaults to `yum-updatesd@localhost'.

SYSLOG OPTIONS

       syslog_facility
	      What syslog facility should be used.  Defaults to `DAEMON'.

       syslog_level
	      Level of syslog messages.  Defaults to `WARN'.

FILES

       /etc/yum/yum-updatesd.conf

SEE ALSO

       yum-updatesd(8) yum.conf(5)

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