Rsyslog stops logging to /var/log/messages after manual editing with vim

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • After use vim to manually edit the log file managed by rsyslog.service , like /var/log/messages, rsyslog.service stops logging to this log file.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

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