[Bug 1630516] Re: Logrotate fails repeatedly with /etc/cron.daily/logrotate: error: error creating output file /var/log/... File exists run-parts: /etc/cron.daily/logrotate exited with return code 1
The stock not security reply can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/BugTriage#Not_Security which says "unmarked it as a security issue since this bug does not show evidence of allowing attackers to cross privilege boundaries nor directly cause loss of data/privacy." -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1630516 Title: Logrotate fails repeatedly with /etc/cron.daily/logrotate: error: error creating output file /var/log/... File exists run-parts: /etc/cron.daily/logrotate exited with return code 1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/logrotate/+bug/1630516/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1630516] Re: Logrotate fails repeatedly with /etc/cron.daily/logrotate: error: error creating output file /var/log/... File exists run-parts: /etc/cron.daily/logrotate exited with return code 1
I checked on IRC #ubuntu-hardened (the actual name for the #ubuntu- security channel) and was told that "we typically only consider bugs to have a security impact if there's an attacker to the story". The reason for that is "else, almost every bug has an indirect security impact" which I can see the logic to. So that means this is not a security bug, just a bug. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1630516 Title: Logrotate fails repeatedly with /etc/cron.daily/logrotate: error: error creating output file /var/log/... File exists run-parts: /etc/cron.daily/logrotate exited with return code 1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/logrotate/+bug/1630516/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1630516] Re: Logrotate fails repeatedly with /etc/cron.daily/logrotate: error: error creating output file /var/log/... File exists run-parts: /etc/cron.daily/logrotate exited with return code 1
That does sound a bit tenuous but could be easily settled by a policy decision on whether: i) Bugs that directly block the installation of security patches are security bugs. ii) Bugs that cause disk space to fill which in turn block security patch install are security bugs. I would have said that i sounds like a possible valid case but ii is getting a bit drawn out. Still I expect the situation and suggestion will have popped up before somewhere. Looking at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingSecurity#How%20to%20File it does not mention blocking security patches as a criteria which would thrown the whole idea of it being a security bug out. If in doubt ask. I shall try heading over to IRC and seeing if someone can answer the question. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1630516 Title: Logrotate fails repeatedly with /etc/cron.daily/logrotate: error: error creating output file /var/log/... File exists run-parts: /etc/cron.daily/logrotate exited with return code 1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/logrotate/+bug/1630516/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1630516] Re: Logrotate fails repeatedly with /etc/cron.daily/logrotate: error: error creating output file /var/log/... File exists run-parts: /etc/cron.daily/logrotate exited with return code 1
I'll just point out that this can perhaps be considered a security bug, because if log rotations stop happening, the disk will inevitably fill up sooner or later, which means security patches will stop being applied, which means the machine will become insecure. You might say that that is a bit tenuous, but it is the actual real effect and a genuine problem I have been having with Ubuntu servers. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1630516 Title: Logrotate fails repeatedly with /etc/cron.daily/logrotate: error: error creating output file /var/log/... File exists run-parts: /etc/cron.daily/logrotate exited with return code 1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/logrotate/+bug/1630516/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1630516] Re: Logrotate fails repeatedly with /etc/cron.daily/logrotate: error: error creating output file /var/log/... File exists run-parts: /etc/cron.daily/logrotate exited with return code 1
Hi, the fix is upstream released in logwatch 3.11 but we are post freeze for zesty. We will almost for sure pick that up in zesty+1. The question now is for the SRU work to at least Trusty and Xenial. The upstream fix [1] is not super-small and I haven't checked yet how cleanly that would apply to the older versions isolated from the overall version bump. As I said, I haven't tried yet, but it might be more than a papercut. One good thing is that this is just the right time still - as there started a new event for issues just like that [2]. There the - bigger cuts - can be discussed and people from the community willing to help will be guided by experienced developers. I'm subscribing myself here for now, but it would be a pleasure to look into that together next Wednesday. [1]: https://github.com/logrotate/logrotate/commit/fc1c3eff61edf8e9f0a4bfa980f3a6030a6b271f [2]: https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-server/2017-March/007502.html -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1630516 Title: Logrotate fails repeatedly with /etc/cron.daily/logrotate: error: error creating output file /var/log/... File exists run-parts: /etc/cron.daily/logrotate exited with return code 1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/logrotate/+bug/1630516/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1630516] Re: Logrotate fails repeatedly with /etc/cron.daily/logrotate: error: error creating output file /var/log/... File exists run-parts: /etc/cron.daily/logrotate exited with return code 1
Still present on 14.04.1. I am seeing this again today. I wonder if this would count as a papercut? I am not really sure as https://wiki.ubuntu.com/One%20Hundred%20Papercuts/Mission says "Have the impression the desktop is rock solid." and this is a log rotation system that only moans if root mail is setup. On the other hand https://wiki.ubuntu.com/One%20Hundred%20Papercuts/Triage/Classify%20as%20a%20papercut?highlight=%28CategoryPapercuts%29 says "If a bug is trivial to fix, you shall classify it as a papercut by marking it as affecting the "hundredpapercuts" project." and this bug just needs the upstream bug brought in. It would make at least 6 of us feel like someone is caring too. Front page of the One Hundred Papercuts says "If any doubt, you can ask any time." so I shall add papercuts-ninja list to the subscription. This is a very low traffic bug so someone can unsubscribe them before this thread generates more than a couple of posts. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1630516 Title: Logrotate fails repeatedly with /etc/cron.daily/logrotate: error: error creating output file /var/log/... File exists run-parts: /etc/cron.daily/logrotate exited with return code 1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/logrotate/+bug/1630516/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1630516] Re: Logrotate fails repeatedly with /etc/cron.daily/logrotate: error: error creating output file /var/log/... File exists run-parts: /etc/cron.daily/logrotate exited with return code 1
** Changed in: logrotate (Debian) Status: Confirmed => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1630516 Title: Logrotate fails repeatedly with /etc/cron.daily/logrotate: error: error creating output file /var/log/... File exists run-parts: /etc/cron.daily/logrotate exited with return code 1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/logrotate/+bug/1630516/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1630516] Re: Logrotate fails repeatedly with /etc/cron.daily/logrotate: error: error creating output file /var/log/... File exists run-parts: /etc/cron.daily/logrotate exited with return code 1
** Changed in: logrotate (Debian) Status: New => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1630516 Title: Logrotate fails repeatedly with /etc/cron.daily/logrotate: error: error creating output file /var/log/... File exists run-parts: /etc/cron.daily/logrotate exited with return code 1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/logrotate/+bug/1630516/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1630516] Re: Logrotate fails repeatedly with /etc/cron.daily/logrotate: error: error creating output file /var/log/... File exists run-parts: /etc/cron.daily/logrotate exited with return code 1
I am also seing this on a 14.04 server using logrotate package version
3.8.7-1ubuntu1:
$ dpkg -l|grep logrotate
ii logrotate 3.8.7-1ubuntu1
amd64Log rotation utility
$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description:Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS
Release:14.04
Codename: trusty
Execution of logrotate from cron.daily aborts because of an existing file. Mail
from cron below ("Filen eksisterer" is Danish for "File exists"):
/etc/cron.daily/logrotate:
error: error creating output file /var/log/syslog.1.gz: Filen eksisterer
run-parts: /etc/cron.daily/logrotate exited with return code 1
Looking at the syslog files there is both a syslog.1 and a syslog.1.gz
where the latter shouldn't exist because of delaycompress option. Also
the .gz is a compressed version of the plain file:
$ gunzip --stdout /var/log/syslog.1.gz | diff --report-identical-files -
/var/log/syslog.1
Files - and /var/log/syslog.1 are identical
This suggests that logrotate was most likely interrupted after compressing
syslog.1 to syslog.1.gz but before it was moved/rotated into syslog.2.gz. On
subsequent executions this stale file causes logrotate to abort rotation
entirely.
The issue has been addressed in recent upstream releases;
https://github.com/logrotate/logrotate/pull/23
Also discussed in https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-
bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=734688
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[Bug 1630516] Re: Logrotate fails repeatedly with /etc/cron.daily/logrotate: error: error creating output file /var/log/... File exists run-parts: /etc/cron.daily/logrotate exited with return code 1
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users. ** Changed in: logrotate (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1630516 Title: Logrotate fails repeatedly with /etc/cron.daily/logrotate: error: error creating output file /var/log/... File exists run-parts: /etc/cron.daily/logrotate exited with return code 1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/logrotate/+bug/1630516/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1630516] Re: Logrotate fails repeatedly with /etc/cron.daily/logrotate: error: error creating output file /var/log/... File exists run-parts: /etc/cron.daily/logrotate exited with return code 1
** Changed in: logrotate (Debian) Status: Unknown => New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1630516 Title: Logrotate fails repeatedly with /etc/cron.daily/logrotate: error: error creating output file /var/log/... File exists run-parts: /etc/cron.daily/logrotate exited with return code 1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/logrotate/+bug/1630516/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
