[Logcheck-devel] Bug#312393: logcheck: error creating lockfile.lock

[Peter Walser]

Package: logcheck
Version: 1.2.39
Severity: important


Today I upgraded my server from woody to sarge.
After repeated installing and uninstalling of webmin (where logcheck is
used), I ended up with a version that does not work.

The directory for the lockfile.lock is not writable for the user logcheck.

SOLUTION:
After 'chown logcheck.users /var/lock/logcheck' it worked!

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (50, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.8-2-686
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)

Versions of packages logcheck depends on:
ii  adduser          3.63                    Add and remove users and groups
ii  cron             3.0pl1-86               management of regular background p
ii  debconf [debconf 1.4.30.13               Debian configuration management sy
ii  debianutils      2.8.4                   Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii  lockfile-progs   0.1.10                  Programs for locking and unlocking
ii  logcheck-databas 1.2.39                  A database of system log rules for
ii  logtail          1.2.39                  Print log file lines that have not
ii  mailx            1:8.1.2-0.20040524cvs-4 A simple mail user agent
ii  postfix [mail-tr 2.1.5-9                 A high-performance mail transport 
ii  sysklogd [system 1.4.1-17                System Logging Daemon

-- debconf information:
  logcheck/changes:
* logcheck/install-note: