[Bug 2026599] Re: rsyslogd does not have enough permission to do its job

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[Expired for rsyslog (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60
days.]

** Changed in: rsyslog (Ubuntu)
       Status: Incomplete => Expired

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Title:
  rsyslogd does not have enough permission to do its job

Status in rsyslog package in Ubuntu:
  Expired

Bug description:
  I have installed a new ubuntu  22.04 server. After installing ufw and
  a mailer daemon and activate them. Rsyslog starts complaining about
  permission denied error in the following files:

  /var/log/ufw.log
  /var/log/mail.err
  /var/log/mail.log

  and the following lines appear in journalctl.
  Jul 07 17:01:01 x rsyslogd[4622]: action 'action-6-builtin:omfile' resumed (module 'builtin:omfile') [v8.2112.0 try https://www.rsyslog.com/e/2359 ]
  Jul 07 17:01:01 x rsyslogd[4622]: action 'action-6-builtin:omfile' suspended (module 'builtin:omfile'), retry 0. There should be messages before this one giving the reason for suspension. [v8.2112.0 try https://www.rsyslog.com/e/2007 ]
  Jul 07 17:01:01 x rsyslogd[4622]: action 'action-6-builtin:omfile' resumed (module 'builtin:omfile') [v8.2112.0 try https://www.rsyslog.com/e/2359 ]
  Jul 07 17:01:01 x rsyslogd[4622]: action 'action-6-builtin:omfile' suspended (module 'builtin:omfile'), retry 0. There should be messages before this one giving the reason for suspension. [v8.2112.0 try https://www.rsyslog.com/e/2007 ]

  Creating the files manually and adding the group rsyslog:rsyslog
  solves the logs.

  Expected behaviour: rsyslog has the adequate configuration to create the files in /var/log and update them.
  What happened instead: the log files have to be created manually, or maybe, the default config of rsyslog modified. Or the permission of the /var/log folder have to be modified.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04
  Package: rsyslog 8.2112.0-2ubuntu2.2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.15.0-76.83-generic 5.15.99
  Uname: Linux 5.15.0-76-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.5
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
  Date: Fri Jul  7 17:07:50 2023
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2023-07-07 (0 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 22.04.2 LTS "Jammy Jellyfish" - Release amd64 (20230217.1)
  SourcePackage: rsyslog
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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