error creating output file /var/lib/logrotate/logrotate.status.tmp: File exists - Discuss

13 Nov 2018


      Hi all,
I have configured a specific logrotate task to rotate certain logs every hour and everytime this logrotate's task runs, I am receiving an email like this:
Auto-Submitted: auto-generated
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X-Cron-Env: <LANG=en_US.UTF-8>
X-Cron-Env: <LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8>
X-Cron-Env: <XDG_SESSION_ID=4502>
X-Cron-Env: <XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/0>
X-Cron-Env: <SHELL=/bin/sh>
X-Cron-Env: <HOME=/root>
X-Cron-Env: <PATH=/usr/bin:/bin>
X-Cron-Env: <LOGNAME=root>
X-Cron-Env: <USER=root>
Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2018 11:00:04 +0000 (UTC)
Status: R
error: error creating output file /var/lib/logrotate/logrotate.status.tmp: File exists
In Redhat's bugzilla I have seen some reported bugs with the same behavior and apparently is solved with an update. But this CentOS 7 host is fully patched and error persists ...
Any idea?
Regards,
C. L. Martinez