LXC containers all have empty syslogs

[JJB]

Hi, I have a bunch of Ubuntu 14.04 and 16.04 lxc containers running, and every one of them has an empty /var/log/syslog file. Other files in the log directory like auth.log are fine. Is this normal? If so, is there a way I can enable syslogs to be written on each container?

 

[JJB]

syslog file was owned by root:root. Changed to syslog:adm and it seems to be ok now.

 

[nicolas.devouge]

Hello, I have same probleme, and same if I change the owner fot root:adm . Have you changed any other things ?

 

[Unai]

I have the same problem with the last version.

 

[Unai]

I have that problem on Ubuntu containers only.
Debian 8 template works fine.

 

[nicolas.devouge]

You must chown for root:adm , and chmod the file (I have tested 777 with success, but I think it is possible with a lower value). And restart rsyslog

 

[c0mputerking]

This is what i found on some Ubuntu post somewhere, and it works for me on Ubuntu 16.04 LXC containers

chown syslog:adm /var/log/syslog
chmod 644 /var/log/syslog