Public bug reported: The default logrotate config uses the "syslog" group.
> # use the syslog group by default, since this is the owning group > # of /var/log/syslog. > su root syslog This is not correct anymore since 16.04, because: 1. "syslog" group doesn't exist on a stock Ubuntu 16.04 system, it only gets installed via rsyslog 2. The owning group is actually "adm". This results in logrotate terminating with the following error during cron.daily run: run-parts -v /etc/cron.daily run-parts: executing /etc/cron.daily/logrotate error: /etc/logrotate.conf:7 unknown group 'syslog' And can be fixed by changing syslog to adm group. This is not present when rsyslog is installed, but only because that package creates the syslog group. This is a common bug in lighter environments, like Docker, where syslog-ng is a common choice instead of rsyslog, like in this issue: https://github.com/phusion/baseimage-docker/issues/338 ** Affects: logrotate (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/1644996 Title: logrotate config uses syslog group To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/logrotate/+bug/1644996/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
