Public bug reported: Out of the box, the frr package is set to use syslog for logging: # cat frr.conf # default to using syslog. /etc/rsyslog.d/45-frr.conf places the log in # /var/log/frr/frr.log ... log syslog informational
The packaging creates /var/log/frr owned by frr: drwxr-x--- 2 frr frr 3 Jan 17 17:43 /var/log/frr In Ubuntu, rsyslog runs as the unprivileged syslog user, not root (like in debian), which means it cannot write to this logging directory: Jan 17 17:57:25 j-frr-mir rsyslogd: file '/var/log/frr/frr.log': open error: Permission denied [v8.2112.0 try https://www.rsyslog.com/e/2433 ] ** Affects: frr (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Summary changed: - syslog lgoging does not work + syslog logging does not work -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1958162 Title: syslog logging does not work To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/frr/+bug/1958162/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
