Logcheck devel - Sep 2005 - Bug#312393: logcheck: Some more information that might help

Package: logcheck
Version: 1.2.41
Followup-For: Bug #312393


Error 1:
This was sent as an email when logcheck failed.

Failed to get lockfile: /var/lock/logcheck/logcheck.lock

Check temporary directory: 

declare -x HISTSIZE="1000"
declare -x HOME="/root"
declare -x HZ="100"
declare -x LANG="en_US"
declare -x LESSCLOSE="/usr/bin/lesspipe %s %s"
declare -x LESSOPEN="| /usr/bin/lesspipe %s"
declare -x LOGNAME="logcheck"
declare -x
LS_COLORS="no=00:fi=00:di=01;34:ln=01;36:pi=40;33:so=01;35:do=01;35:bd=40;33;01:cd=40;33;01:or=40;31;01:ex=01;32:*.tar=01;31:*.tgz=01;31:*.arj=01;31:*.taz=01;31:*.lzh=01;31:*.zip=01;31:*.z=01;31:*.Z=01;31:*.gz=01;31:*.bz2=01;31:*.deb=01;31:*.rpm=01;31:*.jar=01;31:*.jpg=01;35:*.jpeg=01;35:*.gif=01;35:*.bmp=01;35:*.pbm=01;35:*.pgm=01;35:*.ppm=01;35:*.tga=01;35:*.xbm=01;35:*.xpm=01;35:*.tif=01;35:*.tiff=01;35:*.png=01;35:*.mov=01;35:*.mpg=01;35:*.mpeg=01;35:*.avi=01;35:*.fli=01;35:*.gl=01;35:*.dl=01;35:*.xcf=01;35:*.xwd=01;35:*.ogg=01;35:*.mp3=01;35:*.wav=01;35:"
declare -x LS_OPTIONS="--color=auto -F"
declare -x MAIL="/var/mail/root"
declare -x OLDPWD
declare -x
PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin"
declare -x PWD="/root"
declare -x SHELL="/bin/bash"
declare -x SHLVL="2"
declare -x SUDO_COMMAND="/usr/sbin/logcheck"
declare -x SUDO_GID="0"
declare -x SUDO_UID="0"
declare -x SUDO_USER="root"
declare -x TERM="xterm"
declare -x USER="logcheck"



Error 2:
This was what I got when it was run from cron

rm: too few arguments
Try `rm --help' for more information.


Error 3:
This error was during installation

Setting up logcheck (1.2.41) ...
useradd: unknown group logcheck
adduser: `/usr/sbin/useradd -d /var/lib/logcheck -g logcheck -s
/bin/false -u 118 logcheck' returned error code 6.  Aborting.
Cleaning up.
Removing user `logcheck'.
userdel: user logcheck does not exist
Removing group `logcheck'.
groupdel: group logcheck does not exist
adduser: The user `logcheck' does not exist.
chown: `logcheck:logcheck': invalid user
chgrp: invalid group name `logcheck'
chown: `logcheck:logcheck': invalid user


-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (300,
'unstable'), (100, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.12-bsplash-skas3-v8.2
Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1)

Versions of packages logcheck depends on:
ii  adduser          3.67                    Add and remove users and groups
ii  cron             3.0pl1-91               management of regular background p
ii  debconf [debconf 1.4.58                  Debian configuration management sy
ii  debianutils      2.14.1                  Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii  grep             2.5.1.ds1-5             GNU grep, egrep and fgrep
ii  lockfile-progs   0.1.10                  Programs for locking and unlocking
ii  logcheck-databas 1.2.41                  database of system log rules for t
ii  logtail          1.2.41                  Print log file lines that have not
ii  mailx            1:8.1.2-0.20050715cvs-1 A simple mail user agent
ii  postfix [mail-tr 2.2.4-1                 A high-performance mail transport 
ii  sysklogd [system 1.4.1-17                System Logging Daemon

logcheck recommends no packages.

-- debconf information:
  logcheck/changes:
* logcheck/install-note:

On Wed, Sep 07, 2005 at 01:21:23AM +0530, Ritesh Raj Sarraf
wrote:
> Error 3:
> This error was during installation
> 
> Setting up logcheck (1.2.41) ...
> useradd: unknown group logcheck
> adduser: `/usr/sbin/useradd -d /var/lib/logcheck -g logcheck -s
> /bin/false -u 118 logcheck' returned error code 6.  Aborting.
Hmm.  The 6 returned is from useradd(8) and it indicates:
#define E_NOTFOUND      6       /* specified group doesn't exist */

I'm still not sure what's going on.  Maybe something changed in a new
version
of adduser?

-- 
[   Todd J. Troxell                                         ,''`.
      Student, Debian GNU/Linux Developer, SysAdmin, Geek  : :' :
      http://debian.org || http://rapidpacket.com/~xtat    `. `' 
                                                             `-     ]

I have tested the following scenarios and have been unable to reproduce this.

-fresh install on unstable
-dist-upgrade from stable version
-dist-upgrade from woody version

It will be helpful to know if your adduser is functioning correctly.


On Wed, Sep 07, 2005 at 01:21:23AM +0530, Ritesh Raj Sarraf
wrote:
> Package: logcheck
> Version: 1.2.41
> Followup-For: Bug #312393
> 
> 
> Error 1:
> This was sent as an email when logcheck failed.
> 
> Failed to get lockfile: /var/lock/logcheck/logcheck.lock
> 
> Check temporary directory: 
> 
> declare -x HISTSIZE="1000"
> declare -x HOME="/root"
> declare -x HZ="100"
> declare -x LANG="en_US"
> declare -x LESSCLOSE="/usr/bin/lesspipe %s %s"
> declare -x LESSOPEN="| /usr/bin/lesspipe %s"
> declare -x LOGNAME="logcheck"
> declare -x
>
LS_COLORS="no=00:fi=00:di=01;34:ln=01;36:pi=40;33:so=01;35:do=01;35:bd=40;33;01:cd=40;33;01:or=40;31;01:ex=01;32:*.tar=01;31:*.tgz=01;31:*.arj=01;31:*.taz=01;31:*.lzh=01;31:*.zip=01;31:*.z=01;31:*.Z=01;31:*.gz=01;31:*.bz2=01;31:*.deb=01;31:*.rpm=01;31:*.jar=01;31:*.jpg=01;35:*.jpeg=01;35:*.gif=01;35:*.bmp=01;35:*.pbm=01;35:*.pgm=01;35:*.ppm=01;35:*.tga=01;35:*.xbm=01;35:*.xpm=01;35:*.tif=01;35:*.tiff=01;35:*.png=01;35:*.mov=01;35:*.mpg=01;35:*.mpeg=01;35:*.avi=01;35:*.fli=01;35:*.gl=01;35:*.dl=01;35:*.xcf=01;35:*.xwd=01;35:*.ogg=01;35:*.mp3=01;35:*.wav=01;35:"
> declare -x LS_OPTIONS="--color=auto -F"
> declare -x MAIL="/var/mail/root"
> declare -x OLDPWD
> declare -x
>
PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin"
> declare -x PWD="/root"
> declare -x SHELL="/bin/bash"
> declare -x SHLVL="2"
> declare -x SUDO_COMMAND="/usr/sbin/logcheck"
> declare -x SUDO_GID="0"
> declare -x SUDO_UID="0"
> declare -x SUDO_USER="root"
> declare -x TERM="xterm"
> declare -x USER="logcheck"
> 
> 
> 
> Error 2:
> This was what I got when it was run from cron
> 
> rm: too few arguments
> Try `rm --help' for more information.
> 
> 
> Error 3:
> This error was during installation
> 
> Setting up logcheck (1.2.41) ...
> useradd: unknown group logcheck
> adduser: `/usr/sbin/useradd -d /var/lib/logcheck -g logcheck -s
> /bin/false -u 118 logcheck' returned error code 6.  Aborting.
> Cleaning up.
> Removing user `logcheck'.
> userdel: user logcheck does not exist
> Removing group `logcheck'.
> groupdel: group logcheck does not exist
> adduser: The user `logcheck' does not exist.
> chown: `logcheck:logcheck': invalid user
> chgrp: invalid group name `logcheck'
> chown: `logcheck:logcheck': invalid user
> 
> 
> -- System Information:
> Debian Release: testing/unstable
>   APT prefers testing
>   APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (300,
'unstable'), (100, 'experimental')
> Architecture: i386 (i686)
> Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
> Kernel: Linux 2.6.12-bsplash-skas3-v8.2
> Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1)
> 
> Versions of packages logcheck depends on:
> ii  adduser          3.67                    Add and remove users and
groups
> ii  cron             3.0pl1-91               management of regular
background p
> ii  debconf [debconf 1.4.58                  Debian configuration
management sy
> ii  debianutils      2.14.1                  Miscellaneous utilities
specific t
> ii  grep             2.5.1.ds1-5             GNU grep, egrep and fgrep
> ii  lockfile-progs   0.1.10                  Programs for locking and
unlocking
> ii  logcheck-databas 1.2.41                  database of system log rules
for t
> ii  logtail          1.2.41                  Print log file lines that have
not
> ii  mailx            1:8.1.2-0.20050715cvs-1 A simple mail user agent
> ii  postfix [mail-tr 2.2.4-1                 A high-performance mail
transport
> ii  sysklogd [system 1.4.1-17                System Logging Daemon
> 
> logcheck recommends no packages.
> 
> -- debconf information:
>   logcheck/changes:
> * logcheck/install-note:
> 
> 
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-- 
[   Todd J. Troxell                                         ,''`.
      Student, Debian GNU/Linux Developer, SysAdmin, Geek  : :' :
      http://debian.org || http://rapidpacket.com/~xtat    `. `' 
                                                             `-     ]

On Thursday 22 Sep 2005 02:33, maximilian attems wrote:
> > i guess you interrupt the postrm or similar to get into similar
> > troubles.
>
> unable to reproduce with normal purge and reinstall cycles.
> a new install seemed to have cured the problems of the bug reporters.
> as it appears only when interrupting the postinstall
> closing this strange bug.
>
After you mentioned it being fixed, I tried installing the package again but 
got the same problem. I wonder on what grounds you are closing this bug.

Here's what I've found again:

root at laptop:~ # apt-get install logcheck
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  logcheck-database logtail
Suggested packages:
  syslog-summary
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  logcheck logcheck-database logtail
0 upgraded, 3 newly installed, 0 to remove and 334 not upgraded.
Need to get 145kB of archives.
After unpacking 1020kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
Get:1 http://ftp.debian.org testing/main logtail 1.2.41 [29.8kB]
Get:2 http://ftp.debian.org testing/main logcheck-database 1.2.41 [67.5kB]
Get:3 http://ftp.debian.org testing/main logcheck 1.2.41 [47.9kB]
Fetched 145kB in 19s (7620B/s)
Reading package fields... Done
Reading package status... Done
Retrieving bug reports... Done
Preconfiguring packages ...
Selecting previously deselected package logtail.
(Reading database ... 237487 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking logtail (from .../logtail_1.2.41_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package logcheck-database.
Unpacking logcheck-database (from .../logcheck-database_1.2.41_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package logcheck.
Unpacking logcheck (from .../logcheck_1.2.41_all.deb) ...
Setting up logtail (1.2.41) ...
Setting up logcheck-database (1.2.41) ...

Setting up logcheck (1.2.41) ...
adduser: The user `logcheck' does not exist.
chown: `logcheck:logcheck': invalid user
chown: `logcheck:logcheck': invalid user



And here's the entries in syslog logged.

Sep 22 22:37:30 laptop useradd[19560]: new user: name=logcheck, uid=120, 
gid=118, home=/var/lib/logcheck, shell=/bin/false
Sep 22 22:37:30 laptop chage[19561]: changed password expiry for logcheck


HTH,

rrs
-- 
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