Re: [Logwatch-devel] dhcp: Filtering unknown 'reuse_lease-'entries from dhcp

[Bjorn <bj...@us...>]

Matthias,

Try the attached patch.

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Bjorn


On 9/12/20 2:37 AM, Matthias Fischer wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> currently we're using 'logwatch 7.5.4' on IPFire firewall systems.
> 
> Considering the 'dhcp' entries, we're receiving bug reports about
> logwatch logs containing unknown messages like this:
> 
> [IPFire Bug List /
> #12242](https://bugzilla.ipfire.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12242):
> 
>     Unknown Entries:
>     reuse_lease: lease age 0 (secs) under 25% threshold, reply with
>     unaltered, existing lease for 10.0.0.21: 1 Time(s)
>     reuse_lease: lease age 3 (secs) under 25% threshold, reply with
>     unaltered, existing lease for 10.0.0.27: 1 Time(s)
> 
> Comment in https://community.ipfire.org/t/dhcp-server-unknown-entries/211:
> "This seems to be the case while the dhcp server logs if a client asks
> too early for a still existing lease. There is usally nothing wrong with
> the network."
> 
> Could this be fixed by altering 'logwatch-7.5.4\scripts\services\dhcpd'?
> 
> Best,
> Matthias Fischer
> 
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