Bug#284788: [Logcheck-devel] Bug#284788: logcheck: Installs cron.d file before creating user causing cron to complain

[Todd Troxell]

On Wed, Dec 08, 2004 at 11:32:49AM -0800, Jefferson Cowart wrote:
> After installing logcheck on my system last night I did not recieve any
> reports. Upon checking the logs I found that the logcheck file had been
> copied into /etc/cron.d before adduser had been run. Cron picked up the
> new file and then complained that the user was invalid. Relevant log
> lines below. I just restarted cron which I believe has fixed the issue.
> Perhaps this can be fixed by copying the file in postinst after the user
> has been created.

Thanks for the report.

The cron jobs are now commented by default, and postinst enables them.  This
should solve your problem.

The fix is in CVS.

Cheers,
-- 
[   Todd J. Troxell                                         ,''`.
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