[Logcheck-users] cannot run logcheck

[Almir Karic]

On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 08:03:22PM +0100, Alexandru Cabuz wrote:
> Hello, list!
> 
> I can't run logcheck. This is the first time my system has not let me run
> something, any way I try.
> 
> I am member of sudo group. I run this
> 
> sudo -u logcheck logcheck -o -t
> 
> and get
> 
> Sorry, user [user] is not allowed to execute '/usr/sbin/logcheck -o -t' as
> logcheck on [machine].


you have misconfigured your sudoers file. 

> 
> 
> If I try
> 
> su -s /bin/bash -c "/usr/sbin/logcheck -o -t" logcheck
> 
> I get authentication failure, whether I type my user password, or the root
> password. What password does it want!?

it wants the password of the user `logcheck'

> 
> It won't run as root, and if I run it as regular user it does nothing.
> 
> Also, I can't find the search page for the archives of this mailing list.
> Are the archives searchable at all?
> 
> Thank you for your help.
> 
> -- 
> Alexandru I. Cabuz
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