Logrotate does not work for cron jobs if "olddir" is in another device. (Doc ID 2328765.1)

Last updated on OCTOBER 20, 2022

Applies to:

Symptoms

 The server logs are rotated in the directory that normally is set on the "olddir" option of the configuration files. But  logrotate is failing with errors  like on /var/log/messages or on the "logrotate" command output :

"error: psacct:15 olddir /var/log/archive and log file /var/account/pacct are on different devices
error: found error in file psacct, skipping"

Changes

This situation can happen when the system contain /var and /var/log on different mount points (devices).

Example:

Cause

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