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Tracked in Github Issues as https://github.com/canonical/cloud-
init/issues/2369

** Bug watch added: github.com/canonical/cloud-init/issues #2369
   https://github.com/canonical/cloud-init/issues/2369

** Changed in: cloud-init
       Status: Incomplete => Expired

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Title:
  Logging not working when syslog user non-existent

Status in cloud-init:
  Expired

Bug description:
  On systems that don't have a 'syslog' user (IE CentOS), logging to /var/log/cloud-init.log does not work. I have seen the following warning:
  2013-04-26 01:18:34,299 - util.py[WARNING]: Unable to change the ownership of /var/log/cloud-init.log to user syslog, group adm

  It appears as though the problem is in /etc/cloud/cloud.cfg.d/05_logging.cfg:
  ...
  # These will be joined into a string that defines the configuration
   - [ *log_base, *log_syslog ]
  # These will be joined into a string that defines the configuration
   - [ *log_base, *log_file ]

  A quick fix is to comment out the line with log_syslog:
  # These will be joined into a string that defines the configuration
  # - [ *log_base, *log_syslog ]
  # These will be joined into a string that defines the configuration
   - [ *log_base, *log_file ]

  This fixes the issue and logs directly to the file.

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