I have a similar setup, except I have an SSD so I've got /var/log
mounted on tmpfs. The directory needs to start afresh on each boot. This
is a common trick for people who need to reduce the write count on their
EeePC or Aspire One.
Here's a method which will touch the required logfiles (including the
'news' directory), and also create the directory for the logfile if it
does not already exist. This allows the entire log directory to be
rebuilt on boot, regardless of what paths are specified in
/etc/syslog.conf:
fix_log_ownership()
{
for l in `syslogd-listfiles -a --news`
do
# Create directory for logfile if required
ldir=$(echo ${l} | sed 's/[^\/]*$//g')
if [ ! -e $ldir ] ; then
mkdir -p $ldir
fi
# Touch logfile and chown
touch $l && chown ${USER}:adm $l
done
}
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Non-existent log files cannot be chown'ed
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/290127
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