#11 No entry in today's log for iptables

[Andrew Myers]

Why are there no entries in today's log file for the iptables results. Normally there are multiple lines showing the activity, but to day the whole section is ,missing.

I do not know how to debug this?

$ uname -a
Linux slimbook 7.1.5-artix1-2 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Wed, 29 Jul 2026 13:42:08 +0000 x86_64 GNU/Linux

################### Logwatch 7.15 (07/22/26) #################### 
        Processing Initiated: Sun Aug  2 09:16:17 2026
        Date Range Processed: yesterday
                              ( 2026-Aug-01 )
                              Period is day.
        Detail Level of Output: 3
        Type of Output/Format: file / text
        Logfiles for Host: slimbook
 ################################################################## 

--------------------- IMAP Begin ------------------------ 



 DEBUG 


 ---------------------- IMAP End ------------------------- 


* iptables is missing*

 --------------------- Kernel Begin ------------------------ 

[Bjorn]

Did it work the next day? Or where there any changes in the environment that might have caused that?

You can also set --debug 100. As mentioned in the man page, the temporary files created in /var/cache/logwatch will not be removed after the logwatch command completes. Examine those files to see if there are any statements that should have been captured by Logwatch. That debug level will also provide much detail on what is being executed.

Remove those temporary files when no longer needed; otherwise the logwatch command will list the contents of that directory on subsequent runs.