Hello Richard, Am Sun, May 18, 2025 at 01:18:57PM +0100 schrieb Richard Lewis: > On Sun, 18 May 2025, 12:37 Helge Kreutzmann, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > root@twentytwo:~# cat /etc/cron.d/logcheck > > # /etc/cron.d/logcheck: crontab entries for the logcheck package > > # These do nothing under systemd because the systemd timer will take > > precedence > > > > PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin > > MAILTO=root > > > > @reboot logcheck if [ ! -d /run/systemd/system ] && [ -x > > /usr/sbin/logcheck ]; then nice -n10 /usr/sbin/logcheck -R; fi > > #2 * * * * logcheck if [ ! -d /run/systemd/system ] && [ -x > > /usr/sbin/logcheck ]; then nice -n10 /usr/sbin/logcheck; fi > > 2 * * * * logcheck if [ -x /usr/sbin/logcheck ]; then nice -n10 > > /usr/sbin/logcheck; fi > > > > > > And now I get *one* e-mail again. The first had the exim error still, > > but the second did not. > > > > makes sense -- there is a lag as then failed weite to paniclog on run N is > reported by logcheck in run N+1
Also the 3rd e-mail no longer had the exim entry.
Looks to me as if this was the culprit.
> is this with the systemd unit enabled or disabled?
I did not change anything beyond this.
root@twentytwo:~# systemctl status logcheck
◈ logcheck.service - logcheck
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/logcheck.service; static)
Active: inactive (dead) since Sun 2025-05-18 15:02:09 CEST; 11min ago
Invocation: deaadb792c564047a561772068245285
TriggeredBy: • logcheck.timer
Docs: man:logcheck(8)
Process: 2038900 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/logcheck (code=exited,
status=0/SUCCESS)
Main PID: 2038900 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Mem peak: 222.8M
CPU: 3.534s
Mai 18 15:02:01 twentytwo systemd[1]: Starting logcheck.service - logcheck...
Mai 18 15:02:09 twentytwo systemd[1]: logcheck.service: Deactivated
successfully.
Mai 18 15:02:09 twentytwo systemd[1]: Finished logcheck.service - logcheck.
Mai 18 15:02:09 twentytwo systemd[1]: logcheck.service: Consumed 3.534s CPU
time, 222.8M memory peak.
Greetings
Helge
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