Logrotate outputs a message “/var/lib/logrotate/logrotate.status: no such file or directory”

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Issue

  • Logrotate outputs error: error creating state file /var/lib/logrotate/logrotate.status: no such file or directory when it runs in verbose mode(logrotate -v /etc/logrotate.conf).

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

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