Update cursor path, dont use sudo when not needed. Fixes issue #279

CHANGELOG

 CHANGELOG
 ---------
 
+2020-03-26
+  sympl-monit
+    * Don't use sudo when writing cursor. Fixes issue #279.
+    * Update sympl-monit.cursor path.
+
 2020-01-27
   sympl-webmail
     * Fixed importing contacts

monit/debian/changelog

+sympl-monit (10.0.200326.0) stable; urgency=medium
+
+  * Don't use sudo when writing cursor. Fixes issue #279.
+  * Update sympl-monit.cursor path.
+
+ -- Paul Cammish <sympl@kelduum.net>  Thu, 26 Mar 2020 11:26:00 +0000
+
 sympl-monit (10.0.190704.0) stable; urgency=medium
 
   * Updated monit tests to use TLSv1.2

monit/sbin/sympl-monit-failure-email

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 set -e
 
 args="--since=today"
-[ -e "/var/tmp/sympl-monit.cursor" ] && args="--after-cursor=$(</var/tmp/sympl-monit.cursor)"
+[ -e "/tmp/sympl-monit.cursor" ] && args="--after-cursor=$(</tmp/sympl-monit.cursor)"
 
-journalctl -b0 $args -o cat -u "sympl-monit.service" | mail -s "Sympl monitor detected service failure" root
+journalctl -b0 $args -o cat -u "sympl-monit.service" | mail -s "Warning: sympl-monit detected service failure" root
 

monit/system/sympl-monit.service

@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@ OnFailure=sympl-monit-failure-email.service
 
 [Service]
 Type=simple
-ExecStartPre=/bin/sh -c 'journalctl -o cat -n 0 -u %n --show-cursor | cut -f3 -d" " | sudo -u nobody tee /var/tmp/sympl-monit.cursor >/dev/null'
+ExecStartPre=/bin/sh -c 'journalctl -o cat -n 0 -u %n --show-cursor | cut -f3 -d" " > /tmp/sympl-monit.cursor'
 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/sympl-monit -t email /etc/sympl/monit.d
 SuccessExitStatus=75