Logcheck devel - Apr 2010 - Bug#579403: logcheck fail to authinticate root password

Package: logcheck
Version: 1.3.8
Severity: important

when invoke  cmd   [naths]#logcheck -o -t"   gives  logcheck should not be
run
as root. Use su to invoke logcheck: su -s /bin/bash -c "/usr/sbin/logcheck
-o
-t" logcheck Or use sudo: sudo -u logcheck logcheck -o -t.  invoke now cmd
$ su
-s /bin/bash -c "/usr/sbin/logcheck -o -p -t" logcheck ask for
password. After
giving root password show " su: Authentication failure"  thanks,


-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-3-amd64 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_IN, LC_CTYPE=en_IN (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages logcheck depends on:
ii  adduser                       3.112      add and remove users and groups
ii  cron                          3.0pl1-109 process scheduling daemon
ii  exim4                         4.71-4     metapackage to ease Exim MTA (v4) 
ii  exim4-daemon-heavy [mail-tran 4.71-4     Exim MTA (v4) daemon with extended
ii  lockfile-progs                0.1.13     Programs for locking and unlocking
ii  logtail                       1.3.8      Print log file lines that have not
ii  mime-construct                1.10       construct/send MIME messages from 
ii  rsyslog [system-log-daemon]   4.6.2-1    enhanced multi-threaded syslogd

Versions of packages logcheck recommends:
ii  logcheck-database             1.3.8      database of system log rules for t

Versions of packages logcheck suggests:
pn  syslog-summary                <none>     (no description available)

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Your message dated Tue, 27 Apr 2010 20:49:40 +0200
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and subject line Re: [Logcheck-devel] Bug#579403: logcheck fail to authinticate
root password
has caused the Debian Bug report #579403,
regarding logcheck fail to authinticate root password
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