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

["Michal Sedlak" <sedlak@dfx.sk>]

Thank fou for response.
I am nearly sure that there is no lock file in that directory.
may be it is because of permissions but I do not know how to check it. 
Reinstalling of logcheck didn't help


best regards
michal sedlak
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Adam Funk" <a24061@yahoo.com>
To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2005 3:55 PM
Subject: Re: Logcheck error: Failed to get lockfile: 
/var/lock/logcheck/logcheck.lock


> 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.
>
>
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