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

[Adam Funk <a24061@yahoo.com>]

Michal Sedlak wrote:

> Hi
> thank you for response
> This command:
> ps aux|grep logcheck
> 
> gives only himself back
> root      8301  0.0  0.0  1840  592 pts/0    S+   17:09   0:00 grep
> logcheck
> 
> even when I run logcheck manually it sends me this message:
> ------------
> Warning: If you are seeing this message, your log files may not have been
> checked!
> 
> Details:
> Failed to get lockfile: /var/lock/logcheck/logcheck.lock

Is that lock file present?  If so -- and you're sure no logcheck process is
still running -- delete the lock file and see if the problem recurs.