Bug#315071: [Logcheck-devel] Bug#315071: logcheck: LogCheck won't start/work

[maximilian attems]

severity 315071 normal
stop

On Mon, 20 Jun 2005, root wrote:

> Package: logcheck
> Version: 1.2.39
> Severity: grave
> Justification: renders package unusable

well it works for most of our users.
also it seems your system has strange choices.
therefor downgrading.
 
> I have installed logcheck, during the installation I see this (note I
> recreate the error using dpkg-reconfigure):
>  # dpkg-reconfigure logcheck
>  gpasswd: unknown user adm
>  adduser: `/usr/bin/gpasswd -M root,adm,daemon,logcheck adm' returned
>  error code 1.  Aborting.
>  Cleaning up.

please sent us the output of
$ getent group adm

aboves is a standard group in any debian system.
you may unintentionally removed it.

also what does ls -l /var/log tell?


> And in turn each email arriving will show:
>  Warning: If you are seeing this message, your log files may not have
>  been checked!
> 
>  Details:
>  Could not run logtail or save output
> 

sure.
logcheck is running as user logcheck,
if the group adm does not exist it can't read the logfiles.

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maks