All these bugs still exist in Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS
I'll add a fourth problem with /etc/cron.monthly/acct as assumption "2-B": 2-B. That the rolled accounting file is present as wtmp.1 or wtmp.1.gz If you have enabled option "dateext" for your logrotate runs, then the rolled accounting file will be named something like "wtmp-20240830.gz", not wtmp.1.gz The /etc/cron.monthly/acct script only looks for "wtmp.1" and "wtmp.1.gz" and will not find your rolled file at all. This script can't work under cron.monthly. As suggested by Shane, it might work if moved to a postrotate option set in /etc/logrotate.d/wtmp -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1942056 Title: /etc/cron.monthly/acct fails if wtmp not rolled monthly To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/acct/+bug/1942056/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
