Issue dovecot logging stopped

[tkalfaoglu]

Server operating system version

AlmaLinux

Plesk version and microupdate number

Obsidian

Hi there. for some reason /var/log/maillog no longer contains any dovecot entries.

I believe rsyslog was used for this logging? Well, rsyslog is working, but still no logging..
I tried setting it to a file in dovecot.conf, that is, /var/log/maillog, but it complained about permission.
I didn't want to set this file to 777, so I thought I'd ask

Many thanks for any *pointers..
-turgut

 

[IgorG]

What is the output of the command getenforce ?

 

[tkalfaoglu]

Thanks.. "Disabled" as always

 

[tkalfaoglu]

btw,
# doveadm log find
Debug: /var/log/maillog
Info: /var/log/maillog
Warning: /var/log/maillog
Error: /var/log/maillog
Fatal: /var/log/maillog

 

[Maarten.]

Who is the owner of /var/log/maillog?
# ls -l /var/log/maillog

 

[tkalfaoglu]

Who is the owner of /var/log/maillog?
# ls -l /var/log/maillog

Root and Root.. 700 is the code..

 

[Maarten.]

On our Plesk servers, it's set to 640:

i.e.:
-rw-r----- 1 root root 513559 Nov 8 09:07 /var/log/maillog

 

[IgorG]

On my personal CentOS 7 Plesk server I see:

# stat /var/log/messages
File: ‘/var/log/messages’
Size: 746656 Blocks: 1472 IO Block: 4096 regular file
Device: fc01h/64513d Inode: 12602887 Links: 1
Access: (0600/-rw-------) Uid: ( 0/ root) Gid: ( 0/ root)

 

[Maarten.]

On my personal CentOS 7 Plesk server I see:

# stat /var/log/messages
File: ‘/var/log/messages’
Size: 746656 Blocks: 1472 IO Block: 4096 regular file
Device: fc01h/64513d Inode: 12602887 Links: 1
Access: (0600/-rw-------) Uid: ( 0/ root) Gid: ( 0/ root)

Hmm, I wonder why that is.

Some of our Plesk servers:

Centos 7:
# stat /var/log/maillog
File: ‘/var/log/maillog’
Size: 608006 Blocks: 1408 IO Block: 4096 regular file
Device: fd00h/64768d Inode: 10675797 Links: 1
Access: (0640/-rw-r-----) Uid: ( 0/ root) Gid: ( 0/ root)

AlmaLinux 8.6
# stat /var/log/maillog
File: /var/log/maillog
Size: 1320842 Blocks: 2952 IO Block: 4096 regular file
Device: fd00h/64768d Inode: 543820 Links: 1
Access: (0640/-rw-r-----) Uid: ( 0/ root) Gid: ( 0/ root)
Context: system_ubject_r:var_log_t:s0

AlmaLinux 8.6
# stat /var/log/maillog
File: /var/log/maillog
Size: 231044 Blocks: 456 IO Block: 4096 regular file
Device: fd00h/64768d Inode: 539660 Links: 1
Access: (0640/-rw-r-----) Uid: ( 0/ root) Gid: ( 0/ root)
Context: system_ubject_r:var_log_t:s0

Plain AlamaLinux 8.6 server:
# stat /var/log/maillog
File: /var/log/maillog
Size: 110 Blocks: 8 IO Block: 4096 regular file
Device: fc02h/64514d Inode: 12677997 Links: 1
Access: (0600/-rw-------) Uid: ( 0/ root) Gid: ( 0/ root)
Context: system_ubject_r:var_log_t:s0

 

[Maarten.]

Hi there. for some reason /var/log/maillog no longer contains any dovecot entries.

I believe rsyslog was used for this logging? Well, rsyslog is working, but still no logging..
I tried setting it to a file in dovecot.conf, that is, /var/log/maillog, but it complained about permission.
I didn't want to set this file to 777, so I thought I'd ask

Many thanks for any *pointers..
-turgut

Just a few ideas that might help:

Have you tried to restart the rsyslog service?

Have you tried enabling the Dovecot debug mode?

https://support.plesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/115003712374-How-to-enable-Dovecot-debug-logging-