dovecot - Mar 2019 - Dovecot logrotation - old journal files are still in use

<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Hi
all</div><div
xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> </div><div
xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Cannot understand, does it a
bug or just a misconfiguration. In my Dovecot there are 3 files of logging
(debug, info and .log)</div><div
xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">While executing logrotation,
the new files are created, but old ones, namely dovecot.*.1 are still in use by
the process</div><div
xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> </div><div
xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">I use next logrotate config
for dovecot:</div><div
xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">/var/log/dovecot.log
/var/log/dovecot.info /var/log/dovecot.debug {<br />  daily<br /> 
rotate 14<br />  missingok<br />  notifempty<br /> 
compress<br />  delaycompress<br />  sharedscripts<br /> 
postrotate<br />    doveadm log reopen<br />    chmod 666
/var/log/dovecot.log<br />    chmod 666 /var/log/dovecot.info<br
/>    chmod 666 /var/log/dovecot.debug<br />  endscript<br
/>}<br /><br />Here is the logger process in
memory:</div><div
xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">root 19140 0.0 0.0 4140 1576 ?
S Mar12 0:06 dovecot/log</div><div
xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> </div><div
xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Here the files it uses after
the daily logrotation:</div><div
xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"># lsof -p19140 |grep
log</div><div
xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">...</div><div
xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">log     19140 root   33w  
REG        9,3      811  417675 /var/log/dovecot.log.1<br />log     19140
root   34w   REG        9,3  2842123  417681 /var/log/dovecot.info.1<br
/>log     19140 root   35w   REG        9,3 14853918  417683
/var/log/dovecot.debug.1<br />...</div><div
xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><br />On manually
issuing 'doveadm log reopen`  used files are changed to</div><div
xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"># lsof -p19140 |grep
dovecot\\\.<br />...<br />log     19140 root   33w   REG       
9,3       0  417651 /var/log/dovecot.log<br />log     19140 root   34w  
REG        9,3  121374  417690 /var/log/dovecot.info<br />log     19140
root   35w   REG        9,3  916153  417691
/var/log/dovecot.debug</div><div
xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> </div><div
xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">as it is expected to
be</div><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">What can
be the root of the issue?</div><div
xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> </div><div
xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">I use Dovecot as LDA for
Postfix with system users, mbox mail format. System Slackware 12.0 x86, Postfix
2.4.5, Dovecot 2.2.36. Interconnect Postfix-Dovecot was made via
mailbox_command</div><div
xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Dovecot compiled from
sources</div><div
xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> </div><div
xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Logging configuration (file
conf.d/10-logging.conf) contains the following:<br /><br />log_path
= /var/log/dovecot.log<br />info_log_path = /var/log/dovecot.info<br
/>debug_log_path = /var/log/dovecot.debug<br /><br />auth_verbose
= yes<br />auth_verbose_passwords = yes<br />auth_debug = yes<br
/>mail_debug = yes<br />verbose_ssl = yes<br /><br />plugin
{<br />}<br /><br />Could the fact, that Postfix require
Dovecot logs to be accessible someway, result in such a weird behavior? To allow
other processes to access Dovecot logs I had to chmod 0666 all the current logs
while integrating Dovecot into Postfix delivery (please see `chmod' commands
in the logrotate config above)</div><div
xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> </div><div
xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> </div><div
xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> </div><div
xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Thank you</div><div
xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Denis
Razoumovskiy</div><div> <div
xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> </div><div
xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> </div></div>

Are you sure the 'reopen' command is really executed? It might want full
path to the command there.

Aki

On 14.3.2019 8.44, Denis V Razumovskiy via dovecot
wrote:
> Hi all
> ?
> Cannot understand, does it a bug or just a misconfiguration. In my
> Dovecot there are 3 files of logging (debug, info and .log)
> While executing logrotation, the new files are created, but old ones,
> namely dovecot.*.1 are still in use by the process
> ?
> I use next logrotate config for dovecot:
> /var/log/dovecot.log /var/log/dovecot.info /var/log/dovecot.debug {
> ? daily
> ? rotate 14
> ? missingok
> ? notifempty
> ? compress
> ? delaycompress
> ? sharedscripts
> ? postrotate
> ??? doveadm log reopen
> ??? chmod 666 /var/log/dovecot.log
> ??? chmod 666 /var/log/dovecot.info
> ??? chmod 666 /var/log/dovecot.debug
> ? endscript
> }
>
> Here is the logger process in memory:
> root 19140 0.0 0.0 4140 1576 ? S Mar12 0:06 dovecot/log
> ?
> Here the files it uses after the daily logrotation:
> # lsof -p19140 |grep log
> ...
> log???? 19140 root?? 33w?? REG??????? 9,3????? 811? 417675
> /var/log/dovecot.log.1
> log???? 19140 root?? 34w?? REG??????? 9,3? 2842123? 417681
> /var/log/dovecot.info.1
> log???? 19140 root?? 35w?? REG??????? 9,3 14853918? 417683
> /var/log/dovecot.debug.1
> ...
>
> On manually issuing 'doveadm log reopen` ?used files are changed to
> # lsof -p19140 |grep dovecot\\\.
> ...
> log???? 19140 root?? 33w?? REG??????? 9,3?????? 0? 417651
> /var/log/dovecot.log
> log???? 19140 root?? 34w?? REG??????? 9,3? 121374? 417690
> /var/log/dovecot.info
> log???? 19140 root?? 35w?? REG??????? 9,3? 916153? 417691
> /var/log/dovecot.debug
> ?
> as it is expected to be
> What can be the root of the issue?
> ?
> I use Dovecot as LDA for Postfix with system users, mbox mail format.
> System Slackware 12.0 x86, Postfix 2.4.5, Dovecot 2.2.36. Interconnect
> Postfix-Dovecot was made via mailbox_command
> Dovecot compiled from sources
> ?
> Logging configuration (file conf.d/10-logging.conf) contains the
> following:
>
> log_path = /var/log/dovecot.log
> info_log_path = /var/log/dovecot.info
> debug_log_path = /var/log/dovecot.debug
>
> auth_verbose = yes
> auth_verbose_passwords = yes
> auth_debug = yes
> mail_debug = yes
> verbose_ssl = yes
>
> plugin {
> }
>
> Could the fact, that Postfix require Dovecot logs to be accessible
> someway, result in such a weird behavior? To allow other processes to
> access Dovecot logs I had to chmod 0666 all the current logs while
> integrating Dovecot into Postfix delivery (please see `chmod' commands
> in the logrotate config above)
> ?
> ?
> ?
> Thank you
> Denis Razoumovskiy
> ?
> ?
> ?

Hi

Aki was right, full path to doveadm binary solve the issue. Now logs are
renewed.
Thank you very much

Thanks to all for your time
Denis

14.03.2019, 09:44, "Denis V Razumovskiy" <d_razumovskiy at
futureservice.ru>:
> Hi all
>
> Cannot understand, does it a bug or just a misconfiguration. In my Dovecot
there are 3 files of logging (debug, info and .log)
> While executing logrotation, the new files are created, but old ones,
namely dovecot.*.1 are still in use by the process
>
> I use next logrotate config for dovecot:
> /var/log/dovecot.log /var/log/dovecot.info /var/log/dovecot.debug {
> ? daily
> ? rotate 14
> ? missingok
> ? notifempty
> ? compress
> ? delaycompress
> ? sharedscripts
> ? postrotate
> ??? doveadm log reopen
> ??? chmod 666 /var/log/dovecot.log
> ??? chmod 666 /var/log/dovecot.info
> ??? chmod 666 /var/log/dovecot.debug
> ? endscript
> }
>
> Here is the logger process in memory:
> root 19140 0.0 0.0 4140 1576 ? S Mar12 0:06 dovecot/log
>
> Here the files it uses after the daily logrotation:
> # lsof -p19140 |grep log
> ...
> log???? 19140 root?? 33w?? REG??????? 9,3????? 811? 417675
/var/log/dovecot.log.1
> log???? 19140 root?? 34w?? REG??????? 9,3? 2842123? 417681
/var/log/dovecot.info.1
> log???? 19140 root?? 35w?? REG??????? 9,3 14853918? 417683
/var/log/dovecot.debug.1
> ...
>
> On manually issuing 'doveadm log reopen` ?used files are changed to
> # lsof -p19140 |grep dovecot\\\.
> ...
> log???? 19140 root?? 33w?? REG??????? 9,3?????? 0? 417651
/var/log/dovecot.log
> log???? 19140 root?? 34w?? REG??????? 9,3? 121374? 417690
/var/log/dovecot.info
> log???? 19140 root?? 35w?? REG??????? 9,3? 916153? 417691
/var/log/dovecot.debug
>
> as it is expected to be
> What can be the root of the issue?
>
> I use Dovecot as LDA for Postfix with system users, mbox mail format.
System Slackware 12.0 x86, Postfix 2.4.5, Dovecot 2.2.36. Interconnect
Postfix-Dovecot was made via mailbox_command
> Dovecot compiled from sources
>
> Logging configuration (file conf.d/10-logging.conf) contains the following:
>
> log_path = /var/log/dovecot.log
> info_log_path = /var/log/dovecot.info
> debug_log_path = /var/log/dovecot.debug
>
> auth_verbose = yes
> auth_verbose_passwords = yes
> auth_debug = yes
> mail_debug = yes
> verbose_ssl = yes
>
> plugin {
> }
>
> Could the fact, that Postfix require Dovecot logs to be accessible someway,
result in such a weird behavior? To allow other processes to access Dovecot logs
I had to chmod 0666 all the current logs while integrating Dovecot into Postfix
delivery (please see `chmod' commands in the logrotate config above)
>
> Thank you
> Denis Razoumovskiy

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