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Bug 244613 - sys-apps/logwatch prints wrong issuer uid of "su" invocations
Summary: sys-apps/logwatch prints wrong issuer uid of "su" invocations
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: New packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: High major (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo's Team for Core System packages
URL: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-...
Whiteboard:
Keywords:
: 269384 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2008-10-27 10:55 UTC by Adam Gergely
Modified: 2011-06-19 21:48 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Description Adam Gergely 2008-10-27 10:55:40 UTC
The problem is here: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-709953.html and here http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-712723.html
I don't want to type it again because it is long and painfull. Please open the above URLs.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. install syslog-ng, logwatch and logrotate
2. start syslog-ng 
3. set rootlogin=no, and use a local user to su- to root via ssh
4. wait one day or force logwatch to submit a report mail
5. you will see the output of the mail similar to my problem.

Actual Results:  
I've got fustrated :)

Expected Results:  
it should have told me the actual user who sued

I'm using syslog-ng, logrotate and logwatch, the latest versions.
Comment 1 Christian Hoffmann (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2008-10-27 14:05:33 UTC
If I got it correctly, this is just wrong behaviour and not a security bug. Assigning as maintainers as such.
Comment 2 Benedikt Böhm (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2009-12-03 17:54:01 UTC
if this is still an issue please attach a logfile excerpt from su/sudo
Comment 3 Benedikt Böhm (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2009-12-04 11:15:36 UTC
*** Bug 269384 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 4 Benedikt Böhm (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2009-12-04 11:24:45 UTC
fixed in sys-apps/logwatch-7.3.7_pre20091204