Bug#312412: [Logcheck-devel] Bug#312412: logcheck: Fails to read files under /var/log/mail/

[maximilian attems]

On Tue, 19 Jul 2005, Grahame White wrote:
<snipp>
> I'm using exim4, and yes the change you suggested seems to have fixed the 
> problem.
> 
> > i guess so, as nobody uses that group the permission group setting
> > of /var/log/mail seems more like an accident.
> >
> > now that logcheck should run without troubles, can you confirm?
> > i guess we can close that bug.
> 
> Yes, I'm fine with closing the bug

thanks for your feedback, i'm happy to hear logcheck is running fine. :)
although this bug may need to be reassigned to the package, which
created that strange group ownership of /var/log/mail.

exim4 usually logs to /var/log/exim4 on all of standard installs i see
around me. so what mail subsystem of yours is logging to aboves dir?
do you have some custom syslog (or syslog-ng) rules that direct
messages there?

maybe we can grasp which packet added the smmsp user.
what does belows command on your box show:
egrep smmsp -r /var/lib/dpkg/info/


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maks