Bug 1293624 - Should not change the case of $logdir
Summary: Should not change the case of $logdir
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Classification: Red Hat
Component: logwatch
Version: 7.2
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: Jan Synacek
QA Contact: Martin Frodl
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Blocks: 1289485 1313485
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Reported: 2015-12-22 13:04 UTC by Martin Frodl
Modified: 2016-11-04 03:30 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

Fixed In Version: logwatch-7.4.0-29.20130522svn140.el7
Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
Clone Of: 205104
Environment:
Last Closed: 2016-11-04 03:30:35 UTC
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Red Hat Bugzilla 1293621 0 unspecified CLOSED Should not change the case of $logdir 2021-02-22 00:41:40 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2016:2312 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE logwatch bug fix update 2016-11-03 13:41:34 UTC

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Description Martin Frodl 2015-12-22 13:04:34 UTC 
Description of problem:

The issue described below, which was fixed years ago as bug 205104 in RHEL 4, still persists in RHEL 7. Tested with the --logdir command-line option as well as the LogDir configuration directive.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
logwatch-7.4.0-28.20130522svn140.el7.noarch

+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #205104 +++

If you have $logdir=/XXX in your logwatch.conf then it will instead try to
access /xxx.  Currently the only way to access logs in a directory that contains
capital letters seems to be creating a symlink with only lowercase letters.  EG
"ln -s /XXX /xxx".
Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2016-11-04 03:30:35 UTC 
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2016-2312.html
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