Logrotate cronjob not running

Question

I wish to use the following command as a cron job:

/usr/sbin/logrotate /home/xxxx/public_html/cgi-bin/logrotate.conf -f

However the message is:

error: error creating state file /var/lib/logrotate.status: Permission
denied

Is there a way around this?

are you executing this command as non-root user? – Pawan Jan 13 '16 at 08:11 — Pawan, Jan 13 '16 at 08:11

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 12 '16 at 15:35

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You can specify the output location of the status file:

/usr/sbin/logrotate -s /home/xxxx/logrotate/logrotate.status /home/xxxx/public_html/cgi-bin/logrotate.conf -f

answered Jan 12 '16 at 15:35

Mike K.

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 12 '16 at 15:34

0

Try run the cron as sudoer:

sudo /usr/sbin/logrotate /home/xxxx/public_html/cgi-bin/logrotate.conf -f

answered Jan 12 '16 at 15:34

Avihoo Mamka

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