[BlueOnyx:27270] Re: empty /var/log/maillog → and other files

[Meaulnes Legler @ MailList]

Thank you Michael, the logfiles are growing again

Best regards

.. Meaulnes Legler
⌣ Zurich, Switzerland
+41¦0 44 260-1660


On 28.09.24 18:59, Michael Stauber via Blueonyx wrote:
> 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.
>