logwatch error

Asked Apr 22 '15 at 17:06

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On Ubuntu 12.04, I installed logwatch via

sudo apt-get install logwatch

Worked great. I made some changes to the shared conf, then realized it was better to leave those alone and override then via /etc/logwatch/conf. So I purged and reinstalled, i.e.

sudo apt-get purge logwatch
sudo apt-get install logwatch

Now, when I run logwatch, I get this error:

/var/cache/logwatch No such file or directory at /usr/sbin/logwatch line 633.

How do I fix this?

asked Apr 22 '15 at 17:06

Ghopper21

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Create /var/cache/logwatch and ensure it's writable by the user logwatch is running as. – EEAA Apr 22 '15 at 17:08
@EEAA - thanks, should it just be an empty file, e.g. created by touch? – Ghopper21 Apr 22 '15 at 17:09
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It's a directory, not a file. – EEAA Apr 22 '15 at 17:15
@EEAA - never mind, I need to create /var/cache/logwatch as a directory, thanks again – Ghopper21 Apr 22 '15 at 17:15

Installed, purged, then re-installed logwatch, now getting missing /var/cache/logwatch error

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