[Logcheck-devel] Problem running logcheck: permissions?

[Todd Troxell]

Thanks, Ross.  This is an interesting problem.

Yes, this file should look like:
-rw-r--r--    1 root     logcheck     1931 2004-06-10 04:20
/etc/logcheck/logcheck.conf

We set permissions conditionally on upgrade from anything less than 1.2.19,
so I'm a bit confused as to how it didn't get changed.  I don't think
refusing the new config matters so much, becuase we chgrp -R everything in
/etc/logcheck in postinst. -- Perhaps I'm wrong.

Do you happen to know what version you were running previously?

Thanks,
-Todd

On Wed, Jun 23, 2004 at 02:13:19PM -0700, Ross Boylan wrote:
> I'm letting you know about this problem just in case it is a bug.  I
> don't think it is, so I didn't want to file a bug.
> 
> After installing logcheck and editing the logcheck.conf file, I got the
> following error emailed to me:
> /usr/sbin/logcheck: line 421: /etc/logcheck/logcheck.conf: Permission
> denied
> mail: You must specify direct recipients with -s, -c, or -b
> (I guess conceivably that's two separate problems).
> 
> Here's what I think the problem was, and the solution:
> 
> iron:~# ls -l /etc/logcheck/logcheck.conf
> -r--r-----    1 root     root         1936 Jun 23 13:36
> /etc/logcheck/logcheck.conf
> iron:~# chown logcheck:logcheck !$
> chown logcheck:logcheck /etc/logcheck/logcheck.conf
> iron:~# ls -l /etc/logcheck/logcheck.conf
> -r--r-----    1 logcheck logcheck     1936 Jun 23 13:36
> /etc/logcheck/logcheck.conf
> 
> I think you meant to make the file owned by logcheck, but I screwed it
> up because of the following sequence:
> Said no to accepting the new logcheck.conf.
> My old file was under rcs.
> As root, merged in changes from logcheck.conf.dpkg.new and deleted the
> latter.
> 
> In other words, I think the problem was just from this slightly off-beat
> use of version control.  But I thought I'd let you know.
> 
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