Public bug reported:
/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/00rsyslog.conf (in the rsyslog package) includes
these lines:
# Override systemd's default tmpfiles.d/var.conf to make /var/log writable by
# the syslog group, so that rsyslog can run as user.
# See tmpfiles.d(5) for details.
# Type Path Mode UID GID Age Argument
d /var/log 0775 root syslog -
Maybe this overriding works, but it also means that every time tmpfiles runs,
we get log messages like this:
Apr 24 13:46:37 cue systemd-tmpfiles[28279]: [/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/var.conf:14]
Duplicate line for path "/var/log", ignoring.
I suspect the best fix for this is to move the systemd config for
/var/log into its own file (/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/systemd-varlog.conf),
then have rsyslog add an empty file (or /dev/null symlink) to suppress
it (/etc/tmpfiles.d/systemd-varlog.conf or /run/tmpfiles.d/systemd-
varlog.conf). Or just use apt to move the file out of the way when
rsyslog is installed.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: rsyslog 8.16.0-1ubuntu10
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-15.16-generic 4.15.15
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-15-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu6
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: KDE
Date: Tue Apr 24 14:56:42 2018
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-03-23 (31 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Alpha amd64 (20180306.1)
SourcePackage: rsyslog
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
** Affects: rsyslog (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Affects: systemd (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug bionic
** Also affects: systemd (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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rsyslog config of tmpfiles generates bogus log messages
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