Logrotate Error

Question

When using logrotate from a cronjob, I am getting this erros:

error: unable to open /var/log/mylog.1  for compression

Does any one know what does it mean and how can I fix it ?

Answer 1

It means that /var/log/mylog.1 does not exist or the permissions/ownership do not allow that file to be compressed. Check the permissions/ownership with ls -l /var/log/mylog*.

Answer 2

You're going to need to get more information.

Does the file exist, and does the user running cron have permission to read it?:

ls -l /var/log/mylog.1

See if logrotate can give more information. It should have a verbose flag you can turn on with '-v'.