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Hello list, |
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The logging section of the security handbook[1] recommends using app- |
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admin/logcheck to monitor logs, but I can't get past a permission problem. |
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Logcheck sends me an e-mail which complains: |
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Could not run logtail or save output |
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Check temporary directory: /tmp/logcheck.thLHYh |
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Also verify that the logcheck user can read all files referenced in |
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/etc/logcheck/logcheck.logfiles! |
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There's no sign of any /tmp/log* file. /var/log/messages is the only entry in |
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/etc/logcheck/logcheck.logfiles . |
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I tried changing /var/log/messages thus: |
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# chmod g+r /var/log/messages |
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# chown :logcheck /var/log/messages |
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...and ran logcheck, only to find that /var/log/messages was back to its |
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original permissions: |
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ls -l /var/log/messages |
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-rw------- 1 root root 139K May 8 13:27 /var/log/messages |
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...and I got the same e-mail as before. |
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Has anyone succeeded in running logcheck? What's the magic recipe? I see |
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that app-admin/logcheck is maintainer-wanted, so there's no point in raising |
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a bug report. |
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[1] https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Security_Handbook/Logging |
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Regards |
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Peter |
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