[Bug 1257633] Re: cannot create /var/log/syslog and others: permission denied

[Colin Watson]

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1256695 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1256695

** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 1256695
   Trusty desktop Installation logs are not copied to /var/log/installer/

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Title:
  cannot create /var/log/syslog and others: permission denied

Status in “rsyslog” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in “rsyslog” source package in Trusty:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  /var/log/syslog is not created on fresh cloud and server images of
  Trusty with rsyslog 7.4.4-1ubuntu1 (not testeed with desktop images)

  debug log attached (rsyslogd -d) shows the following error several
  times:

  3558.255026043:7f23687e2700: file '/var/log/syslog' opened as #-1 with mode 416
  3558.255029594:7f23687e2700: strm 0x7f2360000b70: open error 13, file '/var/log/syslog': Permission denied

  Full log attached

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: rsyslog 7.4.4-1ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.12.0-4.12-generic 3.12.1
  Uname: Linux 3.12.0-4-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.12.7-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Wed Dec  4 09:25:24 2013
  SourcePackage: rsyslog
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2012-01-31 (672 days ago)

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