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Installer logcheck avec Homebrew, apk, apt, Nix, zypper

Consultez les chemins d'installation, exécutables, métadonnées et notes de sécurité de logcheck pour les workflows d'agents IA.

Commande d'installationNotes de sécurité

installation

Commandes d'installation supplémentaires

macOS

Homebrewvérifié · 100%
brew install logcheck

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Alpine Linux apkvérifié · 92%
sudo apk add logcheck

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

Debian aptvérifié · 92%
sudo apt install logcheck

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

Nixvérifié · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#logcheck

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

openSUSE zyppervérifié · 92%
sudo zypper install logtail

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

aperçu

Résumé du paquet

Mail anomalies in the system logfiles to the administrator

Commandes et alias

  • logcheck
  • logcheck-test
  • logtail
  • logtail2

historique

Historique du projet et usages

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.

Historique du projet

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.

Historique d'adoption

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.

Modes d'utilisation

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.

Pourquoi les passionnés de paquets s'y intéressent

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.

Chronologie

  • 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.

posture de sécurité

Niveau de risque : vert

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Classificateur de risque

risque vert · confiance faible · appliance

Pourquoi

  • narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signaux

  • metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Comportement d'installation

  • Aucun hook post-install Homebrew n’est enregistré dans les métadonnées de formule.
  • Les métadonnées de bottle Homebrew sont disponibles pour 1 plateformes.
  • Les métadonnées de compilation listent 1 dépendances de compilation.

Revue recommandée

Avant une utilisation sans surveillance par un agent, vérifiez si l'outil lit des identifiants en clair, écrit un état distant, publie des artefacts ou lance des plugins.

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/*

exécutables

Exécutables installés

CommandeTypeExpositionNote
logcheckcliexécutable global
logcheck-testcliexécutable global
logtailcliexécutable global
logtail2cliexécutable global

fraîcheur

Version et fraîcheur

Ces signaux séparent l'âge de génération de la page, l'activité du gestionnaire de paquets et la comparaison avec les versions amont. Un retard de version n'est signalé que lorsqu'une URL de preuve et des versions comparables sont présentes.

page générée2026-07-25
version du gestionnaire1.4.7
gestionnaire mis à jour
données localesOK
amontnot checked
dernière version détectéenon détecté

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

métadonnées d'installation

Métadonnées du paquet

Clé du paquetbrew:logcheck
Version1.4.7
Gestionnaire de paquetsHomebrew
Page du gestionnaire de paquetshttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/logcheck
Page d'accueilhttps://packages.debian.org/sid/logcheck
Dépôthttps://salsa.debian.org/debian/logcheck
Docs amonthttps://packages.debian.org/sid/logcheck
LicenceGPL-2.0-only
Archive sourcehttps://deb.debian.org/debian/pool/main/l/logcheck/logcheck_1.4.7.tar.xz
Dépendances de compilationgnu-sed
Bouteilledisponible (sur all)
post-install Homebrewnon défini
Serviceaucun déclaré

faits du registre

Détails de la base source

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

correspondances dans les bases sources

Autres enregistrements de gestionnaires de paquets

Les correspondances proviennent d’index externes de gestionnaires de paquets et restent séparées des liens de paquets Automic Vault locaux.

Debian apt95%

logcheck 1.4.5+deb13u1

check the system log for unusual entries

sudo apt install logcheck
  • Section: admin
  • Architecture: all
  • 10 Dépendances
  • 3 dépendances optionnelles
  • normalized package name match
  • Correspondance par : 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
  • Correspondance par : 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 Dépendances
  • normalized package name match
  • Correspondance par : 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
  • Correspondance par : 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 Dépendances
  • 3 dépendances optionnelles
  • normalized package name match
  • Correspondance par : 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
  • Correspondance par : 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 Dépendances
  • normalized package name match
  • Correspondance par : 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 Dépendances
  • 1 fournit
  • normalized package name match
  • Correspondance par : 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
  • Correspondance par : 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 Dépendances
  • 1 fournit
  • installed executable or alias match
  • Correspondance par : 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 Dépendances
  • 1 fournit
  • installed executable or alias match
  • Correspondance par : 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

graphe de paquets

Les liens viennent du graphe local de relations entre paquets, des suppléments, des dépendances, des correspondances d'écosystèmes et de l'appartenance aux hubs.

Outils liés

  • gnu-sedBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.

Même workflow

  • auditbeatShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, monitoring, security.
  • threatdeckShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, monitoring, security.
  • aideShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, monitoring, security.
  • fail2banShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, log-analysis, security.
  • ageShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, security.
  • aircrack-ngShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, security.

piste source

Généré depuis les données du dépôt

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Sources utilisées

  • Geiger risk classifier
  • Nucleus package database
  • av.db category and tag curation
  • cross-ecosystem install command graph
  • curated configuration and credential file locations
  • curated package history
  • external package-manager database matches
  • package relationship graph
  • package version freshness
  • package-page enrichment