Bug#312412: [Logcheck-devel] Bug#312412: logcheck: Fails to read files under /var/log/mail/

[maximilian attems]

On Wed, 08 Jun 2005, Grahame white wrote:

> Since upgrading from woody to sarge I've been getting the following apperaring
> in the reports sent by logcheck:
> 
> E: File could not be read: /var/log/mail/mail.err
> E: File could not be read: /var/log/mail/mail.warn
> E: File could not be read: /var/log/mail/mail.info
> E: File could not be read: /var/log/mail/mail.log
> 
> The permissions for these files are:
> 
> -rw-r-----  1 root adm    2748 Jun  7 18:28 mail.err
> -rw-r-----  1 root adm 1983524 Jun  8 00:07 mail.info
> -rw-r-----  1 root adm 2268687 Jun  8 00:07 mail.log
> -rw-r-----  1 root adm    2748 Jun  7 18:28 mail.warn
> 
> and the user logcheck is a member of the adm group.

what version of logtail do you have installed?
dpkg -l logtail

could you please send us the debug output of logcheck:
logcheck -d -o

thanks for your feedback.

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maks