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nightmorph 10/10/12 17:39:24 |
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Modified: logcheck.xml |
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Log: |
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add troubleshooting section and log file scanning, bug 340657 |
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Revision Changes Path |
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1.2 xml/htdocs/doc/en/logcheck.xml |
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file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/logcheck.xml?rev=1.2&view=markup |
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plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/logcheck.xml?rev=1.2&content-type=text/plain |
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diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/logcheck.xml?r1=1.1&r2=1.2 |
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Index: logcheck.xml |
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RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/logcheck.xml,v |
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retrieving revision 1.1 |
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retrieving revision 1.2 |
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diff -u -r1.1 -r1.2 |
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--- logcheck.xml 13 Jul 2010 20:29:06 -0000 1.1 |
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+++ logcheck.xml 12 Oct 2010 17:39:24 -0000 1.2 |
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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ |
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<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?> |
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<!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd"> |
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-<!-- $Header $ --> |
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+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/logcheck.xml,v 1.2 2010/10/12 17:39:24 nightmorph Exp $ --> |
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<guide> |
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<title>Logcheck Guide</title> |
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@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ |
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<!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 --> |
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<license/> |
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-<version>1</version> |
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-<date>2010-07-13</date> |
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+<version>2</version> |
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+<date>2010-10-12</date> |
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<chapter> |
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<title>Getting Started With logcheck</title> |
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</pre> |
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<p> |
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+You also have to tell <c>logcheck</c> which log files to scan |
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+(<path>/etc/logcheck/logcheck.logfiles</path>). |
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+</p> |
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+ |
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+<pre caption="Basic /etc/logcheck/logcheck.logfiles setup"> |
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+<comment>(This is an example for syslog-ng)</comment> |
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+/var/log/messages |
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+</pre> |
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+ |
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+<p> |
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Finally, enable the logcheck cron job. |
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</p> |
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</body> |
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</section> |
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</chapter> |
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+ |
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+<chapter> |
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+<title>Troubleshooting</title> |
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+<section> |
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+<title>General tips</title> |
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+<body> |
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+ |
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+<p> |
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+You can use the logcheck's <c>-d</c> switch to display more debugging |
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+information. Example: |
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+</p> |
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+ |
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+<pre caption="Debugging logcheck"> |
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+# <i>su -s /bin/bash -c '/usr/sbin/logcheck -d' logcheck</i> |
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+D: [1281318818] Turning debug mode on |
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+D: [1281318818] Sourcing - /etc/logcheck/logcheck.conf |
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+D: [1281318818] Finished getopts c:dhH:l:L:m:opr:RsS:tTuvw |
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+D: [1281318818] Trying to get lockfile: /var/lock/logcheck/logcheck.lock |
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+D: [1281318818] Running lockfile-touch /var/lock/logcheck/logcheck.lock |
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+D: [1281318818] cleanrules: /etc/logcheck/cracking.d/kernel |
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+... |
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+D: [1281318818] cleanrules: /etc/logcheck/violations.d/su |
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+D: [1281318818] cleanrules: /etc/logcheck/violations.d/sudo |
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+... |
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+D: [1281318825] logoutput called with file: /var/log/messages |
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+D: [1281318825] Running /usr/sbin/logtail2 on /var/log/messages |
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+D: [1281318825] Sorting logs |
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+D: [1281318825] Setting the Intro |
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+D: [1281318825] Checking for security alerts |
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+D: [1281318825] greplogoutput: kernel |
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+... |
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+D: [1281318825] greplogoutput: returning 1 |
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+D: [1281318825] Checking for security events |
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+... |
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+D: [1281318825] greplogoutput: su |
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+D: [1281318825] greplogoutput: Entries in checked |
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+D: [1281318825] cleanchecked - file: /tmp/logcheck.uIFLqU/violations-ignore/logcheck-su |
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+D: [1281318825] report: cat'ing - Security Events for su |
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+... |
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+D: [1281318835] report: cat'ing - System Events |
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+D: [1281318835] Setting the footer text |
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+D: [1281318835] Sending report: 'localhost 2010-08-09 03:53 Security Events' to root |
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+D: [1281318835] cleanup: Killing lockfile-touch - 17979 |
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+D: [1281318835] cleanup: Removing lockfile: /var/lock/logcheck/logcheck.lock |
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+D: [1281318835] cleanup: Removing - /tmp/logcheck.uIFLqU |
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+</pre> |
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+ |
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+</body> |
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+</section> |
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+</chapter> |
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</guide> |
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