From 71a787b9a0b46ac2ec9bef5377ef23ddc091c7f3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Hahn Axel (hahn)" <axel.hahn@unibe.ch>
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2023 14:57:59 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] add sudo
---
check_journallog | 5 +++--
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/check_journallog b/check_journallog
index 5f85292..15e76b7 100755
--- a/check_journallog
+++ b/check_journallog
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
#
# requirements:
# - journalctl
+# - sudo permissions to journalctl to fetch all lines of all units
#
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
# 2023-10-12 v0.1 <axel.hahn@unibe.ch> initial version
@@ -89,7 +90,7 @@ if [ -z "$lastLine" ]; then
else
ts=$( cut -f 1-3 -d " " <<< "$lastLine" )
typeset -i iAge; iAge=$( ph.getFileAge "$tmpfile" )
- data=$( journalctl --since "$ts" )
+ data=$( sudo journalctl --since "$ts" )
# for next run: insert last handled line
tail -1 <<< "$data" > "$tmpfile"
@@ -119,7 +120,7 @@ else
test $iCriticalLimit -gt 0 || sLimits+="No critical level "
echo "Limits: $sLimits"
- # echo "Found $iLines new line(s) in the last $iAge sec"
+ echo "Raw data: Found $iLines new line(s) in the last $iAge sec"
fi
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