Hide Forgot
Description of problem: logcheck doesn't have permissions to read logs Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): logcheck-1.3.14-9.fc20.noarch How reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: 1.sudo -u logcheck logcheck -o -t 2. 3. Actual results: Error: Could not run logtail or save output. Expected results: Summary of interesting log messages Additional info: Tried: chown root:adm /var/log/messages; chmod 640 /var/log/messages but something change them back withun seconds. Tried: setfacl -m u:logcheck:r /var/log/messages but the effect permissions didn't change - no acl on default mounts.
Yes, that's a known issue, you need some additions tweaking; sadly, there's not much I can do about it. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 1062147 ***
Then why close the bug? Why not leave it open until someone fixes it, or removes the useless package?
It's a configuration issue on your system. Add to /etc/logrotate.d/syslog: create 0640 root adm that makes /var/log/messages to be created with the appropriate ownerships.