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Werk #10142: mk_logwatch: Explicitly specify encoding of logfiles

Component Checks & agents
Title mk_logwatch: Explicitly specify encoding of logfiles
Date Sep 26, 2019
Level Trivial Change
Class New Feature
Compatibility Compatible - no manual interaction needed
Checkmk versions & editions
2.0.0i1 Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME)
1.6.0p2 Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME)

mk_logwatch tries its best to determine the correct encoding of a file, and to recover from errors if it is wrong. If that does not work for you, you can configure a specific encoding using the bakery rule or by adding e.g. "encoding=latin1" to the options in the config file (see config examples in {{~MySITE/share/check_mk/agents/cfg_examples/}}).

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