Re: Logcheck error: Failed to get lockfile: /var/lock/logcheck/logcheck.lock

[Adam Funk <a24061@yahoo.com>]

Michal Sedlak wrote:

> Hello
>  I have problem with logcheck
> logchceck sends me this error message:
> 
> Failed to get lockfile: /var/lock/logcheck/logcheck.lock
> 
> I do not have any idea why it can be. Can anybody help please?

I've used logcheck for a while and never seen this error, but with some
other software I've found that it an hourly cron job is still running an
hour later.  Try
$ ps aux|grep logcheck
and see if anything comes up.