RHEL6: logwatch error 'du: cannot read directory `/var/log/audit': Permission denied'
I'm using logwatch a RHEL6 server. When starting logwatch manually as root every works perfect.
------------- Directory Sizes --------------- Size Location (GB) 207M /var/log 1.7G /usr ------------- Directory Sizes --------------- ------------- Home Directory Sizes --------------- Size Location (MB) 488K /home/userA 116K /home/userB 92K /home/userC ------------- Home Directory Sizes --------------- If running logwatch via cron.daily I receive these results: ------------- Directory Sizes --------------- Size Location (GB) du: cannot read directory `/var/log/audit': Permission denied 488M /var/log du: cannot read directory `/usr/lib64/httpd': Permission denied du: cannot read directory `/usr/lib64/games': Permission denied du: cannot read directory `/usr/lib/games': Permission denied du: cannot read directory `/usr/share/cracklib': Permission denied du: cannot read directory `/usr/share/man': Permission denied du: cannot read directory `/usr/share/X11/fonts': Permission denied du: cannot read directory `/usr/share/fonts': Permission denied du: cannot read directory `/usr/share/hwdata': Permission denied du: cannot read directory `/usr/local/share/man': Permission denied 1.6G /usr ------------- Directory Sizes --------------- ------------- Home Directory Sizes --------------- Size Location (MB) du: cannot access `/home/*': No such file or directory ------------- Home Directory Sizes --------------- I checked the permissions and they look ok. I also compared configs and permissions with other servers having logwatch working and they are pretty much the same. Any ideas? |
Could you post the cron.daily config?
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What do you mean by cron.daily config?
The 0logwatch config? |
The issue is fixed.
It was an selinux issue |
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