ignore.d files are used to (obviously) ignore messages. For example, a message tagged as a cracking
attempt or a security alert (following a rule stored in a
/etc/logcheck/violations.d/myfile
file) can only be ignored by a rule in a
/etc/logcheck/violations.ignore.d/myfile
or
/etc/
logcheck/violations.ignore.d/myfile-
extension
file.
A system event is always signaled unless a rule in one of the
/etc/logcheck/ignore.d.
{paranoid,server,workstation}/
directories states the event should be ignored. Of course, the
only directories taken into account are those corresponding to verbosity levels equal or greater
than the selected operation mode.