logrotate cron job not rotating certain logs

Question

I added two scripts in \"logrotate.d\" directory for my application logs to be rotated. This is the config for one of them:

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Answer 1

I had a similar problem. To resolve this, I first checked the status of SELinux using the sestatus command:

# sestatus
SELinux status:                 enabled
SELinuxfs mount:                /selinux
Current mode:                   enforcing
Mode from config file:          enforcing
Policy version:                 24
Policy from config file:        targeted

Then, check the SELinux security context applied to files and directories using ls --scontext. Check the files you want logrotate to operate on, and check files that are working, such as /var/log/maillog:

# ls --scontext /var/log/maillog*
system_u:object_r:var_log_t:s0   /var/log/maillog
system_u:object_r:var_log_t:s0   /var/log/maillog-20140713
system_u:object_r:var_log_t:s0   /var/log/maillog-20140720
system_u:object_r:var_log_t:s0   /var/log/maillog-20140727
system_u:object_r:var_log_t:s0   /var/log/maillog-20140803

Use semanage to change the file context.

semanage fcontext -a -t var_log_t 
restorecon -v