macOS
Homebrew已验证 · 100%
brew install logchecklocal Homebrew formula metadata
安装
其他安装命令
Linux
Alpine Linux apk已验证 · 92%
sudo apk add logcheckAlpine Linux edge package indexes · logcheck · 来源: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org
Debian apt已验证 · 92%
sudo apt install logcheckDebian stable package indexes · logcheck · 来源: deb.debian.org
Nix已验证 · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#logchecknixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/lo/logcheck/package.nix · 来源: api.github.com
openSUSE zypper已验证 · 92%
sudo zypper install logtailopenSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · logtail · 来源: download.opensuse.org
概览
软件包摘要
Mail anomalies in the system logfiles to the administrator
项目链接
命令和别名
- logcheck
- logcheck-test
- logtail
- logtail2
历史
项目历史与用法
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.
项目历史
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.
采用历史
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.
使用方式
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.
为什么软件包爱好者会关心
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.
时间线
- 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.
来源
安全态势
风险级别：绿色
narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.
风险分类器
绿色 风险 · 低 置信度 · appliance
原因
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals
信号
- metadata:no-higher-risk-signals
安装行为
- 未记录 Homebrew bottle 元数据。
建议审查
在无人值守的代理使用前，请检查该工具是否读取明文凭据、写入远程状态、发布制品或调用插件。
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/*
可执行文件
已安装的可执行文件
| 命令 | 类型 | 暴露范围 | 备注 |
|---|---|---|---|
logcheck | 可执行文件 | 已索引可执行文件 | 从本地可执行文件索引发现。 |
logcheck-test | 可执行文件 | 已索引可执行文件 | 从本地可执行文件索引发现。 |
logtail | 可执行文件 | 已索引可执行文件 | 从本地可执行文件索引发现。 |
logtail2 | 可执行文件 | 已索引可执行文件 | 从本地可执行文件索引发现。 |
新鲜度
版本和新鲜度
这些信号区分页生成时间、软件包管理器活动和上游发布比较。只有存在证据 URL 和可比较版本时，才会提示版本落后。
页面生成时间2026-08-03
管理器版本1.4.7
管理器更新时间
本地数据未知
上游不可用
检测到的最新版本未检测到
- OK没有生成新鲜度警告。
安装元数据
软件包元数据
| 软件包键 | brew:logcheck |
|---|---|
| 版本 | 1.4.7 |
| 软件包管理器 | Homebrew |
| 主页 | https://packages.debian.org/sid/logcheck |
| Bottle | 未记录 |
| 服务 | 未声明 |
源数据库匹配
其他软件包管理器记录
匹配项来自外部软件包管理器索引，并与本地 Automic Vault 软件包链接分开显示。
Debian apt95%
logcheck 1.4.5+deb13u1
check the system log for unusual entries
sudo apt install logcheck- Section: admin
- Architecture: all
- 10 依赖
- 3 可选依赖
- normalized package name match
- 匹配方式：Logcheck
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
- 匹配方式：Logcheck
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 依赖
- normalized package name match
- 匹配方式：Logcheck
Nix95%
logcheck
nix profile install nixpkgs#logcheck- normalized package name match
- 匹配方式：Logcheck
Ubuntu apt95%
logcheck 1.4.3
check the system log for unusual entries
sudo apt install logcheck- Section: admin
- Architecture: all
- 8 依赖
- 3 可选依赖
- normalized package name match
- 匹配方式：Logcheck
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
- 匹配方式：Logcheck
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 依赖
- normalized package name match
- 匹配方式：Logcheck
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 依赖
- 1 提供
- normalized package name match
- 匹配方式：Logcheck
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
- 匹配方式：Logcheck
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 依赖
- 1 提供
- installed executable or alias match
- 匹配方式：Logtail
zypper92%
logtail 0.2.4-21.9
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 依赖
- 1 提供
- installed executable or alias match
- 匹配方式：Logtail
来源线索
由仓库数据生成
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Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
使用的来源
- Geiger risk classifier
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- pkg.so package database
- pkgdb category and tag curation