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Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für logcheck in AI-Agent-Workflows.

InstallationsbefehlSicherheitshinweise

Installation

Weitere Installationsbefehle

macOS

Homebrewverifiziert · 100%
brew install logcheck

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Alpine Linux apkverifiziert · 92%
sudo apk add logcheck

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · logcheck · Quelle: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org

Debian aptverifiziert · 92%
sudo apt install logcheck

Debian stable package indexes · logcheck · Quelle: deb.debian.org

Nixverifiziert · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#logcheck

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/lo/logcheck/package.nix · Quelle: api.github.com

openSUSE zypperverifiziert · 92%
sudo zypper install logtail

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · logtail · Quelle: download.opensuse.org

Überblick

Paketzusammenfassung

Mail anomalies in the system logfiles to the administrator

Befehle und Aliase

  • logcheck
  • logcheck-test
  • logtail
  • logtail2

Verlauf

Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

logcheck is a Debian-oriented log monitoring tool that scans system logs for unexpected entries and emails reports to the administrator. It focuses on filtering routine messages out so security violations, attack alerts, and unusual system events stand out.

Projektgeschichte

Debian's package page says logcheck was originally part of the Abacus Project security tools and was later rewritten. The Debian repository's change notes describe the Debian package becoming effectively Debian-native after a major overhaul around version 1.1.9.1 because Debian's version had diverged substantially from the old upstream 1.1.1 code.

The current Debian Salsa repository presents logcheck as the maintained source home for Debian packaging, with the project description centered on mailing summaries of log file entries to administrators via cron.

Adoptionsgeschichte

logcheck's adoption is strongest in Debian-family systems, where its manpages, package page, and logcheck-database rules are first-class distribution artifacts. The supplied package metadata also records package availability in Homebrew, Alpine, Nix, openSUSE, Debian, and Ubuntu.

The package belongs to an older Unix administration style: periodic cron jobs, regex rule directories in /etc, and email to root or an administrator. That style remains useful on servers where a small local checker is preferable to a centralized log pipeline.

Wie es verwendet wird

The logcheck command runs by default as an hourly cron job and after reboot. It filters messages at paranoid, server, or workstation levels, sorts reports into system events, security events, and attack alerts, and sends email only when messages survive the rules.

Administrators tune it through `/etc/logcheck/logcheck.conf`, monitored-file lists, and rule directories such as cracking.d, violations.d, violations.ignore.d, and ignore.d.*. The logcheck-database documentation emphasizes writing precise extended regular expressions and testing new rules with logcheck-test.

Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

logcheck is a packaging-culture artifact: much of its value lives in distribution-maintained regex databases and package-specific rule files, not in a large binary. It is a useful example of Debian packaging acting as upstream stewardship for a security-administration workflow.

Zeitleiste

  • Pre-1.1.9.1: logcheck originates in the Abacus Project security tools and is later rewritten.
  • 1.1.9.1: Debian change notes describe a major overhaul and larger config/rulefile changes.
  • 2018: Debian Salsa project page records repository creation on May 13, 2018.
  • Current: Debian manpages document hourly cron use, report levels, and /etc/logcheck configuration.

Related projects

  • logtail: used by logcheck workflows to process recent log messages.
  • logcheck-database: the companion rules package that supplies regular-expression filters.

Sicherheitslage

Risikostufe: grün

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risikoklassifikator

grün Risiko · niedrig Konfidenz · appliance

Warum

  • narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signale

  • metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Installationsverhalten

  • In den Formelmetadaten ist kein Homebrew-Post-install-Hook erfasst.
  • Homebrew-Bottle-Metadaten sind für 1 Plattformziele verfügbar.
  • Build-Metadaten listen 1 Build-Abhängigkeiten.

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local files

Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.

Configuration files

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix
/etc/logcheck/logcheck.conf/etc/logcheck/*.d/*

Executables

Installierte Executables

BefehlArtSichtbarkeitHinweis
logcheckcliglobales Executable
logcheck-testcliglobales Executable
logtailcliglobales Executable
logtail2cliglobales Executable

Aktualität

Version und Aktualität

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Seite generiert2026-07-25
Manager-Version1.4.7
Manager aktualisiert
lokale DatenOK
Upstreamnot checked
neueste erkannte Versionnicht erkannt

https://packages.debian.org/sid/logcheck

Installationsmetadaten

Paketmetadaten

Paketschlüsselbrew:logcheck
Version1.4.7
PaketmanagerHomebrew
Paketmanager-Seitehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/logcheck
Homepagehttps://packages.debian.org/sid/logcheck
Repositoryhttps://salsa.debian.org/debian/logcheck
Upstream-Dokumentationhttps://packages.debian.org/sid/logcheck
LizenzGPL-2.0-only
Quellarchivhttps://deb.debian.org/debian/pool/main/l/logcheck/logcheck_1.4.7.tar.xz
Build-Abhängigkeitengnu-sed
Bottleverfügbar (auf all)
Homebrew post-installnicht definiert
Dienstkeiner deklariert

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Details aus der Quelldatenbank

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namelogcheck
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • stable

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Debian apt95%

logcheck 1.4.5+deb13u1

check the system log for unusual entries

sudo apt install logcheck
  • Section: admin
  • Architecture: all
  • 10 Abhängigkeiten
  • 3 optionale Abhängigkeiten
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Logcheck
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: logcheck from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

logcheck-database 1.4.5+deb13u1

database of system log rules for logcheck

sudo apt install logcheck-database
  • Section: admin
  • Architecture: all
  • Source Package: logcheck
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Logcheck
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: logcheck-database from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

logtail 1.4.5+deb13u1

Identify new lines added to the end of log files

sudo apt install logtail
  • Section: admin
  • Architecture: all
  • Source Package: logcheck
  • 1 Abhängigkeiten
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Logcheck
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: logtail from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Nix95%

logcheck

nix profile install nixpkgs#logcheck
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Logcheck
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/lo/logcheck/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
Ubuntu apt95%

logcheck 1.4.3

check the system log for unusual entries

sudo apt install logcheck
  • Section: admin
  • Architecture: all
  • 8 Abhängigkeiten
  • 3 optionale Abhängigkeiten
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Logcheck
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: logcheck from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
Ubuntu apt95%

logcheck-database 1.4.3

database of system log rules for logcheck

sudo apt install logcheck-database
  • Section: admin
  • Architecture: all
  • Source Package: logcheck
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Logcheck
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: logcheck-database from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
Ubuntu apt95%

logtail 1.4.3

Identify new lines added to the end of log files

sudo apt install logtail
  • Section: admin
  • Architecture: all
  • Source Package: logcheck
  • 1 Abhängigkeiten
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Logcheck
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: logtail from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
apk95%

logcheck 1.4.7-r0

Bash scripts used to monitor system log files for anomalies

https://packages.debian.org/source/sid/logcheck

sudo apk add logcheck
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: logcheck
  • 1 Abhängigkeiten
  • 1 stellt bereit
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Logcheck
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: logcheck from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

logcheck-doc 1.4.7-r0

Bash scripts used to monitor system log files for anomalies (documentation)

https://packages.debian.org/source/sid/logcheck

sudo apk add logcheck-doc
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: logcheck
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Logcheck
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: logcheck-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk92%

logtail 3.22-r3

Print new lines in log file since the last run (sf.net logtail-v3 ver)

https://logtail-v3.sourceforge.net/

sudo apk add logtail
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: logtail
  • 1 Abhängigkeiten
  • 1 stellt bereit
  • installed executable or alias match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Logtail
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: logtail from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
zypper92%

logtail 0.2.4-21.7

Helper application to analyze logfiles

http://sourceforge.net/projects/logdigest

sudo zypper install logtail
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later
  • Category: System/Monitoring
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: logdigest
  • 1 Abhängigkeiten
  • 1 stellt bereit
  • installed executable or alias match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Logtail
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: logtail from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst

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Verwendete Quellen

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