Hello everyone,
I need a little help finding an issue one of my machines. I have 4 setup all the same way and just this one gives the errors. Here are the errors from Logwatch;
################### LogWatch 5.2.2 (06/23/04) #################### --------------------- Arpwatch Begin ------------------------
Argument "4444'service' option expects either the name of a filter" isn't numeric in numeric ge (>=) at /etc/log.d/scripts/services/arpwatch line 14.
---------------------- Arpwatch End -------------------------
--------------------- Kernel Begin ------------------------
Argument "4444'service' option expects either the name of a filter" isn't numeric in numeric gt (>) at /etc/log.d/scripts/services/kernel line 221, <STDIN> line 38.
---------------------- Kernel End -------------------------
--------------------- Mountd Begin ------------------------
Argument "4444'service' option expects either the name of a filter" isn't numeric in numeric ge (>=) at /etc/log.d/scripts/services/mountd line 73.
---------------------- Mountd End -------------------------
--------------------- pam_unix Begin ------------------------
Argument "4444'service' option expects either the name of a filter" isn't numeric in numeric ge (>=) at /etc/log.d/scripts/services/pam_unix line 42, <STDIN> line 20.
---------------------- pam_unix End -------------------------
--------------------- PortSentry Begin ------------------------
Argument "4444'service' option expects either the name of a filter" isn't numeric in numeric ge (>=) at /etc/log.d/scripts/services/portsentry line 78.
---------------------- PortSentry End -------------------------
--------------------- postfix Begin ------------------------
Argument "4444'service' option expects either the name of a filter" isn't numeric in numeric ge (>=) at /etc/log.d/scripts/services/postfix line 397.
---------------------- postfix End -------------------------
--------------------- SSHD Begin ------------------------
Argument "4444'service' option expects either the name of a filter" isn't numeric in numeric ge (>=) at /etc/log.d/scripts/services/sshd line 85, <STDIN> line 2.
---------------------- SSHD End -------------------------
--------------------- Sshd2 Begin ------------------------
Argument "4444'service' option expects either the name of a filter" isn't numeric in numeric ge (>=) at /etc/log.d/scripts/services/sshd2 line 32.
---------------------- Sshd2 End ------------------------- ###################### LogWatch End #########################
None of the other systems show this behavior and I don't know what could be causing this. I would be most thankful for any help.
I need a little help finding an issue one of my machines. I have 4 setup all the same way and just this one gives the errors. Here are the errors from
The first thing I would do, would be something like: 'grep -ril 4444 /etc' and see if anything shows up. This could at least give you a starting point, hopefully.
HTH, Barry
Robert Spangler wrote:
Hello everyone,
I need a little help finding an issue one of my machines. I have 4 setup all the same way and just this one gives the errors. Here are the errors from Logwatch;
################### LogWatch 5.2.2 (06/23/04) #################### --------------------- Arpwatch Begin ------------------------
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None of the other systems show this behavior and I don't know what could be causing this. I would be most thankful for any help.
You may want to try upgrading logwatch to the latest version, or ask on the logwatch mailing list.
Ugo