[Bug 1059854] Re: auth.log is empty

[Aaron B. Russell]

Workaround: open /etc/logrotate.d/rsyslog, and replace this line:

reload rsyslog >/dev/null 2>&1 || true

... with this line:

restart rsyslog >/dev/null 2>&1 || true

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Title:
  auth.log is empty

Status in “rsyslog” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  On a fresh 12.04 64 bit machine in the default state + sshd installed,
  the auth.log file remained empty, when normally it would fill up with
  sshd hacking attempts. The sshd_config was left at its default, which
  should record login failures.

  I have figured out a workaround, which is probably a good clue about
  the underlying bug.

  It turns out that the permissions of auth.log were:  messagebus
  (owner) adm (group)

  doing a

  sudo chown syslog /etc/auth.log

  fixed the problem instantly, with failed logins now going to the file
  as expected. I don't know if this "fix" will survive log rotation.

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