logcheck 1.2.23 announced

hello jonathan, hello editors,

don't know if tis (c|s)hould go to security or development.

logcheck got an alioth project this april
-> http://alioth.debian.org/projects/logcheck/
(active devel mailinglist and public forums)
the new debian logcheck team enhanced the debian
logcheck fork *):

* logcheck no longer runs as root, but as logcheck user 
  with adm group privileges in order to read the logfiles.
  (seems more reasonable for a shell script doing many
   string operations)
* the return values of all commands are checked
  (catches full partitions for /tmp or /var/tmp dir)
* updated and added lots of rules
* enhanced manpage
* lowered ~80 bugnumber to currently 20, where most are wishlist
* added testing mode
* added translations for debian templates (de, fr, ja, pt_BR)

debian unstable has almost latest 1.2.23, changelog:
http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/l/logcheck/logcheck_1.2.23/changelog

the team is now focussing on good rules for sarge,
the postsarge todo is to reorganize the messy dir structure in
/etc/logcheck, rename Section titles, support other distributions, ..
http://cvs.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/logcheck/TODO?rev=1.7&cvsroot=logcheck

if you have any questions or please do not hesitate to ask me
or the team on logcheck-devel@alioth.debian.org or on #logcheck oftc.

a++ maks



*) initially forked by Rene Mayrhofer, because unmaintained upstream
   further enhanced by Jon Middleton and Steven Kemp
   -> http://cvs.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/logcheck/debian/copyright?rev=1.5&cvsroot=logcheck