IGNORED_ELEMENTS.C(5)

💅 IGNORED_ELEMENTS.C(5) — your girl's guide to ignored_elements.conf 🎀

okay so welcome to ignored_elements.conf, section 5 of the manual, bestie ✨ — this is the configuration file for libreport, and honestly? she's lowkey iconic.

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🌸 NAME 🌸

ignored_elements.conf — the configuration file for libreport. periodt. 💖

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so basically, this config file is the list of vibes we do not frisk 🫶 — it specifies which elements should NOT be checked for sensitive data during the process of reporting a problem. meaning: for the elements you put in this file, no words will be highlighted in the User Interface (UI). that's it, that's the whole job. also peep report-gtk(1) if you wanna see the UI side of things 👑

⚠️ real talk though: only elements that are known not to contain sensitive data should be on this list. like, do not be out here putting your secrets on the "don't check me" list, that is not the move 😭

fun lil plot twist: custom search in the UI ignores this list and works with all elements. so the search bar does not care about your cute little exemptions, she's a main character with main character energy 💀

the configuration format is simple as heck — one line per ignored element. that's the whole format. no syntax gymnastics, no brackets, we love a low-effort queen 🎀

also!! you can provide your own file with the list of ignored elements, and it will be appended to the list of ignored elements loaded from /etc/libreport/ignored_elements.conf. so your additions stack on top of the system ones, not replace them 💅

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🦋 EXAMPLES 🦋

System configuration:

/etc/libreport/ignored_elements.conf

cpuinfo
open_fds

User configuration:

$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/abrt/settings/ignored_elements.conf

hostname

see how it's literally just one element per line? ate and left no crumbs 🍓

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

report-gtk(1), forbidden_words.conf(5), ignored_words.conf(5) — go read the whole friend group, they're all connected iykyk 📚💜

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👑 AUTHOR 👑

• ABRT team — the collective, the icons, the legends 🫶

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🌈💖 and that's the whole page, bestie!! this lil manual came to you courtesy of LIBREPORT 2.17.15, dated 07/15/2024 — screenshot it, memorise it, tell your friends 💅✨🎀