Logwatch stopped working after I did something stupid

Knute Johnson ubuntu at knutejohnson.com
Sat Aug 23 16:06:41 UTC 2014


On 8/22/2014 22:11, Knute Johnson wrote:
> Thanks everybody for the responses.
>
> I don't know why I didn't think of rebooting it myself, I guess
> because it isn't a Windows machine.  I'd have gone right there if it
> was.
>
> Anyway, I was impatient so I recreated all the files myself,
> fortunately I have an identical machine to copy from.  Then I got
> your post with the reboot suggestion.  Rebooting seems to have gotten
> things going again.  I can get the logwatch command to give me some
> output if I set the detail to med or high.  So I think I'm back up.
> I'll know for sure tomorrow morning when I check my email.
>
> Thanks again for the detailed suggestions, I'm going to save your
> email in my how-to notes.
>
> Knute...
>


That definitely fixed it, I got my emailed logwatch this morning and it 
appears to be working fine.

Thanks again,

knute...




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