Public bug reported: we are debootstrapping a full bionic distribution into a directory. After debootstrapping the permissions on /var/log are incorrect, causing rsyslog to fail because it cannot write into the directory to create the various files.
Also, in the postinst of the rsyslog package I see that systemd-tmpfiles is attempted to be used to create the files defined in /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/00rsyslog.conf, but from what I can tell this will never work because of the systemd-tmpfiles manpage: --create If this option is passed, all files and directories marked with f, F, w, d, D, v, p, L, c, b, m in the configuration files are created or written to. Files and directories marked with z, Z, t, T, a, and A have their ownership, access mode and security labels set. Since the files are configured with type "z" only ownership, access mode and security will be updated. # lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS Release: 18.04 # apt-cache policy rsyslog rsyslog: Installed: 8.32.0-1ubuntu4 Candidate: 8.32.0-1ubuntu4 Version table: *** 8.32.0-1ubuntu4 100 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status ** Affects: rsyslog (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1811861 Title: incorrect permissions on /var/log after debootstrap To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rsyslog/+bug/1811861/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs