[BlueOnyx:27269] Re: empty /var/log/maillog → and other files

Michael Stauber mstauber at blueonyx.it
Sat Sep 28 11:59:04 -05 2024


Hi Meaulnes,

> sorry for bumping this, but long listing the /var/log/, I noticed that 
> it's not only the maillog-202409xx.gz files that are concerned, but also 
> mailman/*, ipacct, secure, cron, messages
> 
> Where can I intervene?

Try this:

rm /var/log/journal/*/*
rm /var/lib/rsyslog/imjournal.state
systemctl restart systemd-journald
systemctl restart rsyslog

That should fix it. Sometimes under OpenVZ 7 Rsyslog stops logging after 
a reboot of the Container due to a Systemd issue. The above commands 
shake it loose again.

-- 
With best regards

Michael Stauber


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