Logrotate wtmp `su prime gadmin` Contabo Ubuntu 20.04

Question

Logrotate gives error in Ubuntu server 20.04 from Contabo VDM:

Oct 31 00:00:01 foo logrotate[364456]: error: wtmp:3 unknown user 'prime'
Oct 31 00:00:01 foo logrotate[364456]: error: found error in /var/log/wtmp , skipping

I have in /etc/logrotate.d/wtmp

/var/log/wtmp {
    su prime gadmin
    missingok
    monthly
    create 0664 root utmp
    minsize 1M
    rotate 1
}

Ownership:

-rw-rw-r--  1 root    utmp             160128 Oct 30 23:10 wtmp

There is no user prime in passwd and there is no a gadmin command.

Any ideas what is that record and how to make it workable?

I simply commented out the first line for a test. It looks like Contabo provides customized distributions for their servers.

This is a new Ubuntu 20.04 server from Contabo. I just found the error in the system log. — Miroslav Popov, Oct 31 '20 at 00:28
I guess you will have to ask Contabo why they put it there. That is not standard ubuntu. You can remove it with no ill effect. — Michael Hampton, Oct 31 '20 at 17:02

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 01 '20 at 21:08

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Removing the questionable instruction fixed the problem.

/var/log/wtmp {
    missingok
    monthly
    create 0664 root utmp
    minsize 1M
    rotate 1
}

answered Nov 01 '20 at 21:08

Miroslav Popov

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Logrotate wtmp `su prime gadmin` Contabo Ubuntu 20.04

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