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logwatch package

The --print options in the logwatch man page examples don't work

Bug #564796 reported by Chris Brown
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logwatch (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: logwatch

In Ubuntu 10.04 the man page for logwatch shows two examples that both use the --print option. They don't work. Both of them report "Unknown option: print". This could be resolved by changing either the logwatch script or the man page.

Tags: manpage

Related branches

lp:~sbeattie/ubuntu/natty/logwatch/logwatch-fixups
Martin Pitt: Approve
Diff: 437 lines (+174/-30)
5 files modified
debian/changelog (+17/-0)
debian/dist.conf/services/cron.conf (+1/-1)
logwatch.8 (+2/-3)
scripts/logwatch.pl (+12/-4)
scripts/services/named (+142/-22)
lp:ubuntu/natty/logwatch

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Chuck Short (zulcss) wrote :

Can you attach the output of the examples.

Regards
chuck

Changed in logwatch (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Low
status: New → Incomplete
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Chris Brown (chris-idlearn) wrote :

Here's the output requested.

$ logwatch --service ftpd-xferlog --range all --detail high --print --archives
Unknown option: print

$ logwatch --service pam_pwdb --range yesterday --detail high --print
Unknown option: print

In each case, logwatch also prints a "Usage" message (same as logwatch --help)

And in case it helps ...

$ logwatch --version
Logwatch 7.3.6 (released 05/19/07)

I think the problem is simply that the examples in the man page use an option that doesn't exist any more.

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Chuck Short (zulcss) wrote :

Thanks for the information.

Changed in logwatch (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Confirmed
Robert Roth (evfool)
tags: added: manpage
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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote :

Can you please forward this to upstream as well? Thanks!

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package logwatch - 7.3.6.cvs20090906-1ubuntu4

---------------
logwatch (7.3.6.cvs20090906-1ubuntu4) natty; urgency=low

  * SECURITY UPDATE: privileged code execution via badly named logfiles
    - scripts/logwatch.pl: encapsulate logfiles in 's and ensure logfile
      names don't contain '.
    - http://logwatch.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/logwatch?view=revision&revision=26
    - CVE-2011-1018
  * debian/dist.conf/services/cron.conf: adjust to capture cron entries,
    thanks to Oliver Brakmann (LP: #719898)
  * scripts/services/named: update to upstream version to correctly
    capture more information (LP: #584229)
    - http://logwatch.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/logwatch/scripts/services/named?revision=19
  * logwatch.8: replace examples containing obsolete --print argument
    with --output=stdout (LP: #564796)
 -- Steve Beattie <email address hidden> Wed, 02 Mar 2011 13:44:53 +0100

Changed in logwatch (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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