Bug#277782: [Logcheck-devel] Bug#277782: logcheck reports "Could not run logtail or save output" and fails

[maks attems]

On Fri, 22 Oct 2004, curious wrote:

> Btw once we have this working, if you would like me to rm directories,
> uninstall whatever... let me know... this is not a production server...
> (from your latest list... looks like a permission issue with
> /var/lib/logcheck... not sure why it isn't right though)
 
thanks for you quick cooperation. we will get that sorted out.
 
> Other factiods: 
> -don't recall at which point I did, but I had moved from exim4 to exim
> before/during/after troubleshooting
> -tried reinstalling logcheck/logtail a couple of times
> -edited logcheck.conf, and put in a gmail.com account for the address

that shouldn't pose troubles. famous last words ;-)
 
> ----
> # ls -l /var/lock
> total 0
> ----
> # ls -l -d /var/lock
> drwxrwxrwt  2 root root 4096 2004-10-22 04:58 /var/lock
ok both fine
> -----
> # ls -l -d /var/lib/logcheck
> drwxr-xr-x  2 root root 4096 2004-09-22 16:36 /var/lib/logcheck
that's bad and most probably cause of your troubles. try
# chown -R logcheck:logcheck /var/lib/logcheck  
> -----
> ls -l -d /etc/logcheck
> drwxr-xr-x  9 root logcheck 4096 2004-10-21 10:22 /etc/logcheck
ok that's fine.

the failure seems related to the other logcheck permission troubles.
as aboves oneliner didn't get run for some reason.

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http://www.caliburn.nl/topposting.html

thanks for your feedback!!
curious to hear more.

--
maks