I've confirmed this behaviour here. Each and every time that syslogd is reloaded (including by cron.daily), all logging ceases, as it fails to open all of its log files.
** Changed in: sysklogd (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Critical Status: New => Triaged Target: None => tribe-6 -- Various problems running syslogd with "-u syslog" option https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/120085 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs