Ubuntu 12.04 x64 Server - wrong ownership on /var/log/syslog?

Question

on a fresh Ubuntu 12.04 x64 Server droplet /var/log/syslog is empty and no entries are added. file ownership is root.root, after changing this to syslog.adm everything works fine. messages is also owned by root.root. is this a bug? (and is this the correct place for feedback)?

also there is a file called “mail.*” (including the asterisk) in /var/log which seems wrong.

Kamal Nasser · Answer

@do : It was resolved. If a new droplet has this issue, please open up a support ticket.

do160106 · Answer

What was the outcome of this?

I’ve just gone to check the logs on my droplet for something, and they’re empty and haven’t been written to since June. The permissions are broken as per the above also.

Kamal Nasser · Answer

@Douglas : Can you please open up a support ticket?

doug.muth · Answer

I created an Ubuntu 12.04 64-bit Droplet the other day (9 Oct 2013) and ran into this problem. 2 days of logs that I needed to consult… never written to disk. WTF?

I had to add the following to my Puppet manifest just to make logging work:

file {“/var/log/messages”:
owner => syslog,
group => adm,
mode => 0644,
}

file {“/var/log/debug”:
owner => syslog,
group => adm,
mode => 0644,
}

file {“/var/log/syslog”:
owner => syslog,
group => adm,
mode => 0644,
}

Will Rowe · Answer

In creating a brand-new Ubuntu 12.04 x64 droplet, my permissions look all fine:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/4isejd8h13tr0j4/log2013082401.txt

-Will

Kamal Nasser · Answer

@saturlight : Can you please open up a support ticket? Thanks!

saturlight · Answer

Yes, still a problem.
Droplet was created 8th of August 2013. Ubuntu 12.04.

Kamal Nasser · Answer

Are you still experiencing this? If so, can you please open up a ticker so we can take a look?

johan · Answer

This happend to me to, is it Ubuntu or DO that causes the problem?

gabrielhpugliese · Answer

This is happening for me too. For all my droplets :(

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Ubuntu 12.04 x64 Server - wrong ownership on /var/log/syslog?