Bug#280125: [Logcheck-devel] Bug#280125: pam fails on su logcheck command in the crontab

[maximilian attems]

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On Thu, 11 Nov 2004, Pawel Konieczny wrote:

> I have purged logcheck and installed it again.
> I have noticed that --purge did not remove the logcheck entries from the root crontab (crontab -l).
> It also did not remove /etc/logcheck and subdirectories.
> It did remove /var/log and all subdirectories!!!
> Installing logcheck again created a new file /etc/cron.d/logcheck
> Also the user logcheck has been added correctly.
> 
> I have installed logcheck long time ago, then removed it (not purged) and then installed again.  So probably the current logcheck does not have any problems, if it is not reproducible.  Please check pruning /var/log issue.
> 
> //Pawel

ok i'll double check that soon,
but i guess you are speeking of /var/lib/logcheck.

logcheck has no way to rm /var/log!

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maks