RHEL7: The psacct service log stops recording data, log filesize cannot increase

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • The psacct service log stops recording data, log filesize cannot increase
  • When the psacct service log continues to rotate, log is no longer collected.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7.4
  • psacct/PSaccounting
  • (Optionally) logrotate

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