logrotate script cause "Read-only file system" error while writing logs in /etc/ directory

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Issue

  • logrotate postrotate script cause "Read only filesystem" error while writing logs in /etc/ directory, but same script works in RHEL 8, and it runs well in RHEL 9 with interactive execution.

    /var/log/myservice/*.log
    {
      weekly
      rotate 7
    ...
      postrotate        
        sh /etc/myservice/myscript.sh     <<==== this script output logs to /etc/myservice/log/*.log, and it fails with `Read-only file system`
      endscript
    }
    

    Log example:

    Aug 22 00:01:07 myrhel9 logrotate[33408]: /etc/myservice/myscript.sh: line 4: /etc/myservice/log/myservice.log: Read only filesystem
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
  • logrotate

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