Package: prosody Version: 0.9.7-2+deb8u3 This is a reply to https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=849248 . May I suggest this fix:
# vi /etc/logrotate.d/prosody /var/log/prosody/prosody.log /var/log/prosody/prosody.err { weekly rotate 52 compress delaycompress create 640 prosody adm postrotate prosodyctl reload > /dev/null endscript sharedscripts missingok } To proof it is working: # logrotate -f /etc/logrotate.d/prosody # less /var/log/prosody/prosody.log.1 Jan 30 19:12:27 mod_posix info Received SIGHUP Jan 30 19:12:27 general info Reloading configuration file # less /var/log/prosody/prosody.log Jan 30 19:12:27 general info Re-opening log files