Sorry for the noise, it seems this is not related to rsyslog after all. In our install process we are moving /var/log to another partition (mounted in /data/) and then symlink it to /var/log. Permissions are set up properly and work while the system is running. When the system is rebooted though there is an unknown process changing the permissions of /data/log, my best guess something related to systemd.
When we bind mount /data/log in /var/log directory we don't have this issue though. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to rsyslog in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1811861 Title: incorrect permissions on /var/log after debootstrap Status in rsyslog package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: we are debootstrapping a full bionic distribution into a directory. After debootstrapping the permissions on /var/log are incorrect, causing rsyslog to fail because it cannot write into the directory to create the various files. Also, in the postinst of the rsyslog package I see that systemd-tmpfiles is attempted to be used to create the files defined in /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/00rsyslog.conf, but from what I can tell this will never work because of the systemd-tmpfiles manpage: --create If this option is passed, all files and directories marked with f, F, w, d, D, v, p, L, c, b, m in the configuration files are created or written to. Files and directories marked with z, Z, t, T, a, and A have their ownership, access mode and security labels set. Since the files are configured with type "z" only ownership, access mode and security will be updated. # lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS Release: 18.04 # apt-cache policy rsyslog rsyslog: Installed: 8.32.0-1ubuntu4 Candidate: 8.32.0-1ubuntu4 Version table: *** 8.32.0-1ubuntu4 100 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rsyslog/+bug/1811861/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
