Hi folks, any help on this issue: Log rotate error - #7 I just don't understand how this file even invoked by logrotate. This is content of leonbrag@beachpi:/etc/pihole$ sudo cat /etc/logrotate.conf # see "man logrotate" for details # global options do not affect preceding include directives …

Last login: Tue Jun 10 14:55:42 2025 from 172.16.2.2194 leonbrag@beachpi:~$ getent passwd 998 pihole:x:998:1006::/home/pihole:/usr/sbin/nologin leonbrag@beachpi:~$ getent group 1006 pihole:x:1006: leonbrag@beachpi:~$

[image] L_B: -rw-r----- 1 998 1006 445 Jun 6 17:24 logrotat That file has reverted the chown back to the user ownership and not root. This is a problem on the system end, either there is a process that is modifying the files or there is a read-only situation happening. The warning f…

[image] DanSchaper: This is a problem on the system end, either there is a process that is modifying the files or there is a read-only situation happening. If want to figure out which above process (if none of the logs will show), you'd have to make that auditctl rule reboot persistent like b…

I created this tmpfile.d config: z /etc/pihole/logrotate 0644 0 0 - I verified that change above persist. but there is race condition between tmpfiles and cron running. so I introduced sleep 60 in pihole cron file. this fixed the problem. I understand it not addressing root cause. buy maybe @Da…

Why write "su root root"? Won't just "su root" do the same thing? I thought that the syntax was "su -root root," but I could be wrong.

Man page: $ man logrotate.conf [..] su user group Rotate log files set under this user and group instead of us‐ ing default user/group (usually root). user specifies the user used for rotation and group specifies the group used for …

@deHakkelaar why does not PiHole create regular logrotate config file under /etc/logrotate.d ?

I was thinking of you just the other day. Logrotate should solve your problem with running out of space. Instead of logs going on forever, a new log is started (say) every week. Old logs are zipped and numbered sequentially, with the current log being #1. You decide how many logs you want to keep, a…

[image] Doug_Laidlaw: I was thinking of you just the other day. Are you referring to below bit? [image] Unbound Just Stops Working! Community Help Oh I was questioned why to ditch the logfile: directive when diagnosing. There is no log-rotate in place/…

[image] L_B: why does not PiHole create regular logrotate config file under /etc/logrotate.d ? I dont know. I'm not a developer :wink: My guess its more suitable for the Docker container.

Still logrotate error

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deHakkelaar June 16, 2025, 6:31pm 39

Are you referring to below bit?

Yes you could.
But in the case of Unbound, I'd rather have systemd-journald.service do the logging and maintenance.