Werk #14872: mk_logwatch plugins correctly reports changes on Windows

Component

Checks & agents

Title

mk_logwatch plugins correctly reports changes on Windows

Date

Oct 11, 2022

Level

Prominent Change

Class

Bug Fix

Compatibility

Compatible - no manual interaction needed

Checkmk versions & editions

2.2.0b1	Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk Cloud (CCE), Checkmk MSP (CME)
2.1.0p14	Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME)
2.0.0p30	Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME)

Previously, mk_logwatch plugin may wrongly report as changed the whole content of a log file. The source of the problem was an unstable file identification algorithm on Windows.

With this release logwatch plugin on Windows always correctly deteremines changed part of monitored file.

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