[Bug 1010602] [NEW] samba logs are not being reported in logwatch

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After upgrading from 10.04 to 12.04 samba logs no longer show up in
logwatch reports.

There was a change to /usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/logfiles/samba.conf between 10.04 and 12.04:
   LogFile=samba/* was changed to LogFile=samba/*.log

In the samba package the default smb.conf file has logging defined as (no change 10.04-12.04):
   log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m

Since files are log.* they are no longer parsed by logwatch because
logwatch only looks for *.log


1. Description:    Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Release:        12.04

2. logwatch:
  Installed: 7.4.0+svn20111221rev79-1ubuntu1
  Candidate: 7.4.0+svn20111221rev79-1ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 7.4.0+svn20111221rev79-1ubuntu1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

samba:
  Installed: 2:3.6.3-2ubuntu2.1
  Candidate: 2:3.6.3-2ubuntu2.2
  Version table:
     2:3.6.3-2ubuntu2.2 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates/main amd64 Packages
 *** 2:3.6.3-2ubuntu2.1 0
        500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-security/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     2:3.6.3-2ubuntu2 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main amd64 Packages

3. Logwatch reports/emails should contain samba log information.

4. No samba log information shows up in logwatch reports/emails.

Possible fix is to distribute the attached samba.conf in /usr/share/logwatch/dist.conf/logfiles/
It contains "LogFile=samba/*" which would revert logwatch's behavior to what it was in 10.04 for samba logs.
This will allow any type of log file naming you wish in your samba config in the /var/log/samba/ folder to be correctly parsed by logwatch.

** Affects: logwatch
     Importance: Unknown
         Status: Unknown

** Affects: logwatch (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Medium
         Status: Triaged


** Tags: patch regression
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samba logs are not being reported in logwatch
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1010602
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