Adding an extra line to ZimbraNotes

[ecobrazim]

Hi all,

I'm trying to use the ZimbraNotes field as a history for my script actions. So if an action occurs on an account, it is recorded in the Notes of the account.

It seems that zmprov can only overwrite the ZimbraNotes entry with a new one and not append to it.

I could do it by getting the entry from the LDAP but I'd rather use the Zimbra set of tools if they permit it.

Does anyone have any experience with this?

[ecobrazim]

Hi all,

I'm still trying to figure this one out. Does anyone have a clue how to add a line to the "Notes" field?

Any information or other ideas are welcome. I just want to use the field as a place to document all my automated actions.

Thanks.

[eric.castro]

Originally Posted by ecobrazim

Hi all,

I'm still trying to figure this one out. Does anyone have a clue how to add a line to the "Notes" field?

Any information or other ideas are welcome. I just want to use the field as a place to document all my automated actions.

Thanks.

Hi all,

create a file and put the lines (in my example file called "mynotes"):

zmprov ma user@domain.com zimbraNotes "`cat mynotes`"

or

zmprov mdl list@domain.com zimbraNotes "`cat mynotes`"

[ecobrazim]

Hi Eric,

Thanks for your answer. It also gives me the opportunity to post the solution I'd found but never posted.

I hope it can help someone. The following is the function I use in my bash script:

function lognotes { # Add a note with the actions taken
   notes=$(zmprov ga $email zimbraNotes|grep -v ^#|sed -e 's/zimbraNotes\:\ //g')

   case $action in
      create)
         zmprov ma ${email} zimbraNotes "${notes}
Account creation date: $(date) ($(date +%s))"; exitcode=$?
         logstatus $exitcode "zmprov ma ${email} zimbraNotes \"Account creation date: $(date) ($(date +%s))\""
         ;;

      modify)
         zmprov ma ${email} zimbraNotes "${notes}
Account modified date: $(date) ($(date +%s))"; exitcode=$?
         logstatus $exitcode "zmprov ma ${email} zimbraNotes \"Account modified date: $(date) ($(date +%s))\""
         ;;

      close)
         zmprov ma ${email} zimbraNotes "${notes}
Account close date: $(date) ($(date +%s))"; exitcode=$?
         logstatus $exitcode "zmprov ma ${email} zimbraNotes \"Account close date: $(date) ($(date +%s))\""
         ;;
      *)
         logger -p crit -t zimbra "[error: 4] A Problem was detected in the lognotes logic!"
         exit4
   esac
}