Bug 678294 - /var/log/dracut.log is missing
Summary: /var/log/dracut.log is missing
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Classification: Red Hat
Component: dracut
Version: 6.1
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
medium
medium
Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: Harald Hoyer
QA Contact: Release Test Team
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Blocks: 670159
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Reported: 2011-02-17 13:40 UTC by Alexander Todorov
Modified: 2015-09-28 02:29 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

Fixed In Version: dracut-004-40.el6
Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2011-05-19 11:54:19 UTC
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Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2011:0523 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE dracut bug fix and enhancement update 2011-05-18 17:44:57 UTC

Description Alexander Todorov 2011-02-17 13:40:47 UTC 
Description of problem:

# rpm -ql dracut | grep dracut.log
/var/log/dracut.log

# ls -l /var/log/dracut.log
ls: cannot access /var/log/dracut.log: No such file or directory

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
dracut-004-38.el6.noarch

How reproducible:
Always


As a result dracut will not write its log to this file because it doesn't exist. If root does `touch /var/log/dracut.log' then dracut successfully writes to this file.

Also related to bug #676018.
Comment 1 Alexander Todorov 2011-02-17 14:12:31 UTC 
While trying to test bug #676018. Harald instructed me to create $HOME/dracut.log before testing. 

dracut should automatically create its log files if they are not present:
/var/log/dracut.log and $HOME/dracut.log if invoked with -l.
Comment 3 Pavel Holica 2011-04-07 11:16:48 UTC 
Reproduced on RHEL6.0 GA x86_64 Server.

Verified on RHEL6.1-20110330.2 x86_64 Server.
dracut-004-46.el6.noarch
Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2011-05-19 11:54:19 UTC 
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2011-0523.html
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