Werk #10141: mk_logwatch: be more robust against unexpected file encoding
| Component | Checks & agents |
| Title | mk_logwatch: be more robust against unexpected file encoding |
| Date | Sep 25, 2019 |
| Checkmk Edition | Checkmk Raw (CRE) |
| Checkmk Version | 1.6.0p1 2.0.0i1 |
| Level | Trivial Change |
| Class | Bug Fix |
| Compatibility | Compatible - no manual interaction needed |
In version 1.6.0 the mk_logwatch plugin crashed if a processed logfile could not be correctly decoded. This lead to log services not being updated. Even worse a single logfile with this issue could affect other logfiles.
We now replace all characters that can not be encoded with the U+FFFD replacement character. In addition, in case of an exception we now continue processing the next file.
