Ubuntu
logwatch package

smartd service LogFile configuration points to messages instead of syslog

Bug #1199511 reported by Björn Streicher on 2013-07-09

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #794727: /var/log/messages is empty after upgrade to natty. Edit Remove

This bug affects 3 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	logwatch (Ubuntu)	In Progress	High	Karl Stenerud

Bug Description

logwatch 7.4.0+svn20120502rev103-1ubuntu1

Description: Ubuntu 13.04
Release: 13.04

Smartmontools/smartd are logging to syslog. However, the LogFile directive in /usr/share/logwatch/dist.conf/services/smartd.conf is

LogFile = messages

This causes smartd log entries never to be reported by logwatch. Instead it should be:

LogFile = syslog

I also attached a patch.

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~kstenerud/ubuntu/+source/logwatch:cosmic-logwatch-syslog-1199511

Rejected for merging into ubuntu/+source/logwatch:ubuntu/cosmic-devel

Christian Ehrhardt  (community): Needs Resubmitting on 2018-12-13

Canonical Server: Pending requested 2018-11-26

Canonical Server Core Reviewers: Pending requested 2018-09-14

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Björn Streicher (bstreicher) wrote on 2013-07-09:

Patch changing LogFile directive in /usr/share/logwatch/dist.conf/services/smartd.conf to syslog Edit (447 bytes, text/plain)

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Björn Streicher (bstreicher) wrote on 2013-07-09:

Related to/duplicate of bug 794727 and/or bug 1010625

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Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton) wrote on 2013-07-10:

The attachment "Patch changing LogFile directive in /usr/share/logwatch/dist.conf/services/smartd.conf to syslog" seems to be a patch. If it isn't, please remove the "patch" flag from the attachment, remove the "patch" tag, and if you are a member of the ~ubuntu-reviewers, unsubscribe the team.

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tags:

added: patch

Brian Murray (brian-murray) on 2013-07-10

Changed in logwatch (Ubuntu):
importance:	Undecided → High
tags:	added: raring

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2015-01-13:

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in logwatch (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

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Daniel Koć (kocio) wrote on 2015-01-13:

This is still unresolved for 14.04 (trusty) I'm using. Please, apply the patch - it is simple, annoying and waiting too long for resolving...

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Nish Aravamudan (nacc) wrote on 2016-01-06:

Note that Debian fixed this in https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=295234 to look at daemon.log instead of messages (in 2005?)

That fix has been in Ubuntu for a long time, it seems too (I think since Hardy, but I might be misreading the changelog). I just spun up a Trusty VM and smartd.conf contains:

LogFile =
LogFile = daemon

So I think this bug can be closed?

Karl Stenerud (kstenerud) on 2018-09-13