Re: rsyslogd - logging across filesystem boundaries

[Casey Deccio <casey@deccio.net>]

> On Jan 20, 2026, at 1:20 PM, Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> wrote:
> 
> Casey Deccio (HE12026-01-20):
>> So, in essence syslog is configured to log things with facility local6
>> to /home/foobar/foobar.log, which is on a separate filesystem than
>> root.  Everything worked just fine prior to the upgrade.  Afterwards,
>> I get the following in my /var/log/syslog:
>> 
>> 2026-01-20T13:07:09.725140-07:00 quartet rsyslogd: error during config processing: omfile: creating parent directories for file  '/home/foobar/foobar.log' failed: Read-only file system [v8.2504.0 try https://www.rsyslog.com/e/2207 ]
> 
> The answer to your issue is in `systemctl cat rsyslog.service`, i.e.
> /usr/lib/systemd/system/rsyslog.service.

Thank you!  In all my searching, it never occurred to me that it was systemd and not rsyslog.

Changing the value of ProtectHome fixed everything.  I might reevaluate where I keep these particular logs, but at least for now I'm up and running.

Thanks!
Casey