The rsyslog status shows the error: imjournal: fopen() failed for path: '/imjournal.state.tmp': Permission denied when the module(load"imark) is active

Solution Unverified - Updated -

Issue

  • When running the systemctl status rsyslog command the following error is observed if the module(load"imark")line is uncommented in the /etc/rsyslog.conf file:
 imjournal: fopen() failed for path: '/imjournal.state.tmp': Permission denied

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

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