All log files under /var/log/ are empty

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Why /var/log/messages and /var/log/secure files are empty?
  • rsyslog service is not updating log files under /var/log/*

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • rsyslog

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