[Bug 1611565] Re: Rsyslog facility based selectors not working for Dovecot

[Bmatthewshea]

** Also affects: rsyslog (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

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Title:
  Rsyslog facility based selectors not working for Dovecot

Status in Dovecot:
  New
Status in rsyslog package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Post system upgrade from 14.04.4 to 16.04.1, Rsyslog facility/priority
  based selectors are no longer working for Dovecot 2.2.22. For
  instance, "imap-login" events do not appear in the logfiles, while
  "lmtp" events, which in our case are captured using property-based
  filters, do.

  /etc/rsyslog.d/23-dovecot.conf
  local5.*                                        -/var/log/dovecot.log
  local5.warn;local5.err;local5.crit              -/var/log/dovecot.err
  :msg,contains,"lmtp"                            -/var/log/dovecot.log
  :msg,contains,"sieve"                           -/var/log/dovecot.log

  & stop

  
  /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-logging.conf:
  log_path = syslog
  syslog_facility = local5
  auth_verbose = yes

  
  The configuration has not been changed since it was last working, i.e. before the upgrade. Changing log_path directive in Dovecot from "syslog" to a valid file path is a working workaround:

  /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-logging.conf:
  log_path = /var/log/dovecot.log

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