the cause is the ProtectSystem hardening option is set to full in the /lib/systemd/system/logrotate.service file. the proper way to fix the problem is to add the path (which caused the read-only problem) , as writable directory. add this into the logrotate.service file: ReadWritePaths = /the/path
It is important to control the sizes of log files on a Linux server because their size always grows over time. Every server has limited resources and too large logs can lead to performance and memory problems, not to mention the loss of precious storage space. This problem is typically Read more…
How do I format the date to display on the screen on for my shell scripts as per my requirements on Linux or Unix like operating systems? You need to use the standard date command to format date or time in Linux or Unix shell scripts. You can use the Read more…
One of the challenges (among the many advantages) of being a sysadmin is running tasks when you’d rather be sleeping. For example, some tasks (including regularly recurring tasks) need to run overnight or on weekends, when no one is expected to be using computer resources. I have no time to spare Read more…
Add an Existing User Account to a Group To add an existing user account to a group on your system, use the usermod command, replacing examplegroup with the name of the group you want to add the user to andexampleusername with the name of the user you want to add. usermod -a -G examplegroup exampleusername Change Read more…
To change all the directories to 755 (drwxr-xr-x): To change all the files to 644 (-rw-r–r–):