Bug#344553: [Logcheck-devel] Bug#344553: logcheck: Fails silently to read config file

[Maximilian Attems]

On Sat, Dec 31, 2005 at 07:16:24AM -0500, Todd Troxell wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 23, 2005 at 08:21:53PM +0200, Markus Peuhkuri wrote:
> > Package: logcheck
> > Version: 1.2.42
> > Severity: minor
> > Tags: patch
> > 
> > Logcheck does not report any error if the config file is not readable
> > or does not exists.  This may easily happen, as logcheck is run as
> > logcheck user and while one is testing a new configuration on live
> > system with running configuration intact.
> > 
> > Following fragment may help:
> > 
> >  # Now source the config file - before things that should not be changed
> >  if [ -r $CONFFILE ]; then
> > -       . $CONFFILE
> > +       . $CONFFILE
> > +else
> > +    error "Config file $CONFFILE not exists or readable"
> >  fi
> 
> The patch is greatly appreciated.  Thanks, Markus. Your change will be in the
> next release.
> 
> -- 
> Todd Troxell
> http://rapidpacket.com/~xtat

i'm less then sure that this the right way to go,
we shouldn't need the $CONFFILE?

what was the error message you were seeing?

--
maks

ps sorry for my inactivity lately most time was gobbed by
initramfs-tools and klibc.
will get more active next week again, have an c rewritten logtail
in the pipe.