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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1258202

Title:
  recent group permissions change on /var/log cause logrotate errors

Status in “logrotate” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  The fix for bug #1256695 is causing logrotate to error out with:

  /etc/cron.daily/logrotate:
  error: skipping "/var/log/dpkg.log" because parent directory has insecure permissions (It's world writable or writable by group which is not "root") Set "su" directive in config file to tell logrotate which user/group should be used for rotation.
  error: skipping "/var/log/alternatives.log" because parent directory has insecure permissions (It's world writable or writable by group which is not "root") Set "su" directive in config file to tell logrotate which user/group should be used for rotation.
  error: skipping "/var/log/pm-suspend.log" because parent directory has insecure permissions (It's world writable or writable by group which is not "root") Set "su" directive in config file to tell logrotate which user/group should be used for rotation.
  error: skipping "/var/log/pm-powersave.log" because parent directory has insecure permissions (It's world writable or writable by group which is not "root") Set "su" directive in config file to tell logrotate which user/group should be used for rotation.
  error: skipping "/var/log/ppp-connect-errors" because parent directory has insecure permissions (It's world writable or writable by group which is not "root") Set "su" directive in config file to tell logrotate which user/group should be used for rotation.
  error: skipping "/var/log/syslog" because parent directory has insecure permissions (It's world writable or writable by group which is not "root") Set "su" directive in config file to tell logrotate which user/group should be used for rotation.
  error: skipping "/var/log/mail.info" because parent directory has insecure permissions (It's world writable or writable by group which is not "root") Set "su" directive in config file to tell logrotate which user/group should be used for rotation.
  error: skipping "/var/log/mail.warn" because parent directory has insecure permissions (It's world writable or writable by group which is not "root") Set "su" directive in config file to tell logrotate which user/group should be used for rotation.
  error: skipping "/var/log/mail.err" because parent directory has insecure permissions (It's world writable or writable by group which is not "root") Set "su" directive in config file to tell logrotate which user/group should be used for rotation.
  error: skipping "/var/log/mail.log" because parent directory has insecure permissions (It's world writable or writable by group which is not "root") Set "su" directive in config file to tell logrotate which user/group should be used for rotation.
  error: skipping "/var/log/daemon.log" because parent directory has insecure permissions (It's world writable or writable by group which is not "root") Set "su" directive in config file to tell logrotate which user/group should be used for rotation.
  error: skipping "/var/log/kern.log" because parent directory has insecure permissions (It's world writable or writable by group which is not "root") Set "su" directive in config file to tell logrotate which user/group should be used for rotation.
  error: skipping "/var/log/auth.log" because parent directory has insecure permissions (It's world writable or writable by group which is not "root") Set "su" directive in config file to tell logrotate which user/group should be used for rotation.
  error: skipping "/var/log/user.log" because parent directory has insecure permissions (It's world writable or writable by group which is not "root") Set "su" directive in config file to tell logrotate which user/group should be used for rotation.
  error: skipping "/var/log/lpr.log" because parent directory has insecure permissions (It's world writable or writable by group which is not "root") Set "su" directive in config file to tell logrotate which user/group should be used for rotation.
  error: skipping "/var/log/cron.log" because parent directory has insecure permissions (It's world writable or writable by group which is not "root") Set "su" directive in config file to tell logrotate which user/group should be used for rotation.
  error: skipping "/var/log/debug" because parent directory has insecure permissions (It's world writable or writable by group which is not "root") Set "su" directive in config file to tell logrotate which user/group should be used for rotation.
  error: skipping "/var/log/messages" because parent directory has insecure permissions (It's world writable or writable by group which is not "root") Set "su" directive in config file to tell logrotate which user/group should be used for rotation.
  error: skipping "/var/log/ufw.log" because parent directory has insecure permissions (It's world writable or writable by group which is not "root") Set "su" directive in config file to tell logrotate which user/group should be used for rotation.
  error: skipping "/var/log/wtmp" because parent directory has insecure permissions (It's world writable or writable by group which is not "root") Set "su" directive in config file to tell logrotate which user/group should be used for rotation.
  error: skipping "/var/log/btmp" because parent directory has insecure permissions (It's world writable or writable by group which is not "root") Set "su" directive in config file to tell logrotate which user/group should be used for rotation.
  run-parts: /etc/cron.daily/logrotate exited with return code 1

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: logrotate 3.8.6-1ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.12.0-3.8-generic 3.12.0
  Uname: Linux 3.12.0-3-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.12.7-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Thu Dec  5 09:56:47 2013
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2011-06-28 (890 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110425.2)
  SourcePackage: logrotate
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2013-11-04 (31 days ago)

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