logwatch.conf(5)

logwatch.conf5

Logwatch configuration files

Overview

logwatch.conf - ( /etc/logwatch/conf/logwatch.conf ) - can contain the local configuration options. The list of valid settings and their default values are in /usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/logwatch.conf.

ignore.conf - ( /etc/logwatch/conf/ignore.conf ) is the list of regular expressions. The set of logs described by this set is ignored by logwatch.

override.conf - ( /etc/logwatch/conf/override.conf ) contains the settings which overrides the standard configuration of specific log files or services. The syntax is the same as in log/service files.

Files

/etc/logwatch/conf/logwatch.conf /etc/logwatch/conf/ignore.conf /etc/logwatch/conf/override.conf /usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/logwatch.conf

Releases

8 releases since Debian 7 (Wheezy); the text changed 1 time.

  1. 7–9
  2. 10–Arch

From logwatch 7.15-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.