logger: socket /dev/log: No such file or directory error

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • logger did not work with error - "logger socket /dev/log no such file or directory".
  • The following errors were shown:
# cd /etc/logrotate.d/
logger: socket /dev/log: No such file or directory
# systemctl restart rsyslog
logger: socket /dev/log: No such file or directory

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

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