Version: logwatch-7.8-3.fc38.noarch Apparently, since FC 38, "logwatch" sends email using "/etc/cron.daily/0logwatch" and "logwatch.timer". For some reason, this was not happening with FC 37. Looking at the "logwatch.timer" status, it is reported "enabled", but preset "disabled". This was *not* manually changed from FC 37. Clearly, it would be easily possible to disable, question would be if this is correct or not and why it suddenly appears as enable there. In any case, if enabled (as it is), emails are duplicated, meaning that a mechanism is missing to prevent either the timer or the cron job to run again, once the other already did. Hope this helps. Thanks, pg Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install "logwatch" and a mail transport agent (sendmail) 2. Normal PC usage, either on / off or server like (always on) 3. Wait for logwatch(es) to run (daily, it seems) Actual Results: Duplicated mails are arriving. Expected Results: Only one mail a day should (should it?) arrive.
Huh? I'll have to look further, as logwatch.timer is not yet enabled by default for Fedora, we are still using the cron version only. Do you know if you did anything different during installation that would enable it?
Uhm, I do not recall to have done anything to get the timer enabled. Nevertheless, this happened on 3 PCs out of 4, so I guess it was something unforeseen. I'm not sure about the 4th, this seems to have the timer still disabled. The update was done all the same way, no fiddling with systemd... Maybe something about "resetting the services" went wrong (from my side or from the upgrade). Anyway, if you say the timer should be disabled, then I'll disable on all 3, no problem from my side. Thanks, bye, pg
Thanks. I'll continue to look into why it may have happened.