Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo hardware database

[Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com>]

Andrey Ponomarenko wrote:
> 27.10.2018, 02:18, "Dale" <rdalek1967@gmail.com>:
>> Alexey Eschenko wrote:
>>>  Is there any way to disable sending some parts of the collected data?
>>>  I've seen some of the last probes and found that there may be some
>>>  potentially sensitive data.
>>>  I don't mind to share my configuration with community but I don't want
>>>  to share some logs, mountpoint data and same other info.
>> I'd like to remove a few things myself.  Some things such as file system
>> mount points and such gives clues as to what they contain.  I noticed a
>> couple other things I'd rather not include.
>>
>> I noticed it builds a directory inside /root/HW_PROBE/LATEST/.  I used
>> the command hw-probe-1.4-129-x86_64.AppImage -all but left off the
>> upload part.  It collected the info but didn't send it yet.  I wonder,
>> can we delete the info from the directory it created and then leave off
>> -all but put -upload and it send only what we didn't delete.  In other
>> words, build the files, remove what we don't want sent and then send
>> what is left.  Do it in three parts instead of one.
>>
>> Anyone know if that works?  Anyone who doesn't care what they send mind
>> testing it for us who want to leave out some small amounts of data?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Dale
>>
>> :-)  :-)
> Hi Dale,
>
> Please use --log-level=minimal option to collect minimal info. Please let me know if it still contains some unwanted info in this minimal mode.
>
> I'll patch the tool to collect less info by default in 1.5 (you'll need to explicitly set --log-level=maximal to collect mountpoints).
>
> Thanks a lot!
>
>


I saw the other post and tried it without the upload option.  It still
causes me some concern.  What I'd rather do, instead of you having a
unique setting for myself and others with different issues, just be able
to remove what we don't want included and then upload the data that
remains. That would be the easiest by far option for you and other
users.  If it will work that way, you won't have to change anything plus
others will run up on this and know how to do it that way.  It also
means that others can adjust based on their own set of concerns which
may be different than mine. 

It did help with minimal but some things it didn't include, I was fine
with sending but some things still remain that I don't.  If I remove
other options and only pass -upload, will it only send the data in
/root/HW_PROBE/LATEST/ or does it rebuild the file list again and then
send? 

Dale

:-)  :-)