Public bug reported:
The cron.daily job reports an error running logrotate:
/etc/cron.daily/logrotate:
error: /etc/logrotate.conf:22 duplicate log entry for /var/log/wtmp
There is a duplicate entry for "wtmp" in:
/etc/logrotate.conf
/etc/logrotate.d/wtmp
Fix: Comment out the entry in /etc/logrotate.conf
root@sei:/etc# diff -Naur logrotate.conf.dist logrotate.conf
--- logrotate.conf.dist 2017-08-21 19:38:26.000000000 +0200
+++ logrotate.conf 2021-02-15 21:24:21.650451930 +0100
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@
include /etc/logrotate.d
# no packages own wtmp, or btmp -- we'll rotate them here
-/var/log/wtmp {
- missingok
- monthly
- create 0664 root utmp
- rotate 1
-}
+#/var/log/wtmp {
+# missingok
+# monthly
+# create 0664 root utmp
+# rotate 1
+#}
/var/log/btmp {
missingok
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: logrotate 3.11.0-0.1ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-65.73~18.04.1-generic 5.4.78
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-65-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair nvidia_modeset
nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.23
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: MATE
Date: Mon Feb 15 21:30:21 2021
InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-08-03 (196 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-MATE 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64
(20200423)
SourcePackage: logrotate
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
mtime.conffile..etc.logrotate.conf: 2021-02-15T21:24:21.650452
** Affects: logrotate (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug bionic
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