[Logcheck-users] cannot run logcheck
Almir Karic
almir at kiberpipa.org
Mon Dec 29 19:27:10 UTC 2008
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.
>
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> Alexandru I. Cabuz
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