logrotate does not rotate logs due to/var/log group

Bug #2000841 reported by Andrea C G Mennucci
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Bug Description

hi Steve

recently in version 8.2112.0-2ubuntu1, 29 Dec 2021

the postinst would `chgrp syslog /var/log`

but then logrotate will not rotate files any more

unless in the file `/etc/logrotate.d/rsyslog` the option
`su root syslog`
is added

regards

a.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04
Package: rsyslog 8.2112.0-2ubuntu2.2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.15.0-56.62-generic 5.15.64
Uname: Linux 5.15.0-56-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.3
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
Date: Sun Jan 1 19:02:45 2023
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
SourcePackage: rsyslog
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to jammy on 2022-12-13 (19 days ago)

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