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    Auto update check, checks for updates to base system + packages and sends email alerts

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    • dennypageD Offline
      dennypage @wgstarks
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      @wgstarks said in Auto update check, checks for updates to base system + packages and sends email alerts:

      ?php

      This is missing the angle bracket. It should be:

      <?php
      
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        chrcoluk @wgstarks
        last edited by chrcoluk

        @wgstarks If I use your code and run the php command it just echoes the contents of the script to the shell.

        The original script gets executed instead but has an escape_filter error.

        Ok < was missing at the start but still get the same error.

        <pre style="white-space: pre-wrap;">PHP ERROR: Type: 64, File: /home/syslog.inc, Line: 875, Message: Cannot redeclare escape_filter_regex() (previously declared in /home/util.inc:4327)</pre>
        

        Interesting looks like it is sensitive to its run path, moving from /home to /root fixes it.

        pfSense CE 2.8.0

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        • dennypageD Offline
          dennypage @chrcoluk
          last edited by

          @chrcoluk said in Auto update check, checks for updates to base system + packages and sends email alerts:

          @wgstarks
          Ok < was missing at the start but still get the same error.

          <pre style="white-space: pre-wrap;">PHP ERROR: Type: 64, File: /home/syslog.inc, Line: 875, Message: Cannot redeclare escape_filter_regex() (previously declared in /home/util.inc:4327)</pre>
          

          Interesting looks like it is sensitive to its run path, moving from /home to /root fixes it.

          I suspect what it is sensitive to is that you have other files in /home (that should not be there). The include is searching the local directory before /etc/inc.

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          • wgstarksW Offline
            wgstarks @dennypage
            last edited by

            @dennypage
            The actual file has the proper <?php. I likely missed it when I copy/pasted for the forum post.

            Box: SG-4200

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            • wgstarksW Offline
              wgstarks
              last edited by

              I installed the system patches updates and now if I run the command I don't get any notifications regarding any updates even though there is a pfsense+ update available.
              Screenshot 2024-11-26 at 2.20.37 PM.png

              Also don't get any errors.

              Box: SG-4200

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                chrcoluk @dennypage
                last edited by

                @dennypage yeah makes sense, I use home as a work path for when I modify pfsense files before adding them as patches in the system patches area. Root path doesnt have any hence that path been ok.

                pfSense CE 2.8.0

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                • wgstarksW Offline
                  wgstarks @luckman212
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                  @luckman212 said in Auto update check, checks for updates to base system + packages and sends email alerts:

                  I'm in the process of upgrading my systems to 23.09.1 and will update this script shortly (if it's possible) to handle the new update mechanism.

                  Looks like the script was never updated.☹️
                  GitHub shows the latest update was Mar 2nd, 2022 on gist.

                  Box: SG-4200

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                    luckman212 LAYER 8 @wgstarks
                    last edited by

                    Yes, sorry to everyone who was waiting on that. Timing of other things just got in the way. I'm going to make another attempt at this. Hopefully it will bear fruit.

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                      luckman212 LAYER 8
                      last edited by

                      To anyone following this thread: I'm on pfSense+ 25.07 now and testing a new version of the Auto update check script. Once 25.07 is released (in a few days I expect...) I will push this update, should work on current pfSense 2.8.x / 25.07.

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                      • luckman212L Offline
                        luckman212 LAYER 8 @luckman212
                        last edited by

                        I updated the script and the top post. Please report any issues!

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                          mind12 @luckman212
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                          @luckman212 Ty for your time. Works great on previous stable 2.7.2.

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                            chrcoluk @luckman212
                            last edited by chrcoluk

                            @luckman212 I think mine still works from before on 2.8.0, but I have noticed the first post has no link to the github page, do you mind providing it in there?

                            Output below from the old version, seems good still. (wgstarks)

                            # /usr/local/bin/php -q /root/pkg_check.php
                            System_Patches: 2.2.20_2 ==> 2.2.22
                            

                            I will hold of updating the package for now, so if you post the link, I will test the new code.

                            pfSense CE 2.8.0

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                              luckman212 LAYER 8 @chrcoluk
                              last edited by

                              @chrcoluk It's not a full Git repo, just a Gist as of now. The link should be there but it's https://gist.github.com/luckman212/5e69ecf04e000ace47eb8f760b71e160 in case you need. The revisions are visible if you need to refer to the previous version.

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                                chrcoluk @luckman212
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                                @luckman212 Thanks, I also see now the link in first post, sorry its obscure as text was same colour.

                                I confirm it works fine on 2.8.0, both email and cli output work also.

                                pfSense CE 2.8.0

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                                  MarinSNB @luckman212
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                                  @luckman212

                                  It works great! Thanks so much for all your work on this!

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                                  —> UCK2+
                                  —> 3x U6E APs

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                                    mikethiessen
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                                    I'm still on 24.11 and I tried this script to see if it would show me that 25.07 is available, but it didn't catch that. I got some other things though.

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                                      luckman212 LAYER 8 @mikethiessen
                                      last edited by

                                      @mikethiessen Confirmed the behavior you're seeing. I've got a working fix I am testing now, hopefully will push an update tomorrow or Sundat with a more robust check method that properly handles this.

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                                        DominikHoffmann
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                                        Just wanted to reiterate that I put it into a note under Status → Notes, so that the code stays with the gateway, even, if I have to reinstall from a backup. It’s not my idea, but I thought, it’s worth disseminating.

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                                          luckman212 LAYER 8 @DominikHoffmann
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                                          @DominikHoffmann If you're going to install a package, you might as well try the Filer package which can store the code and restore it to the correct location as part of the XML backup.

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                                            provels @luckman212
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                                            @luckman212 Hey, that Filer works great, thanks for the tip. And your Package Check, too! Thanks for all your work.

                                            Peder

                                            MAIN - pfSense+ 25.07.1-RELEASE - Adlink MXE-5401, i7, 16 GB RAM, 64 GB SSD. 500 GB HDD for SyslogNG
                                            BACKUP - pfSense+ 23.01-RELEASE - Hyper-V Virtual Machine, Gen 1, 2 v-CPUs, 3 GB RAM, 8GB VHDX (Dynamic)

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