To add one more data point, my Trusty server using the Utopic HWE kernel also exhibits the problem:
May 21 12:27:28 xeon kernel: [95104.918686] audit: type=1400 audit(1432225648.230:57): apparmor="DENIED" operation="sendmsg" info="Failed name lookup - disconnected path" error=-13 profile="/usr/sbin/rsyslogd" name="dev/log" pid=3444 comm="logger" requested_mask="r" denied_mask="r" fsuid=0 ouid=0 $ apt-cache policy apparmor linux-image-3.16.0-38-generic rsyslog apparmor: Installed: 2.8.95~2430-0ubuntu5.2 Candidate: 2.8.95~2430-0ubuntu5.2 Version table: *** 2.8.95~2430-0ubuntu5.2 0 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-proposed/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 2.8.95~2430-0ubuntu5.1 0 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main amd64 Packages 500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-security/main amd64 Packages 2.8.95~2430-0ubuntu5 0 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages linux-image-3.16.0-38-generic: Installed: 3.16.0-38.52~14.04.1 Candidate: 3.16.0-38.52~14.04.1 Version table: *** 3.16.0-38.52~14.04.1 0 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main amd64 Packages 500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-security/main amd64 Packages 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-proposed/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status rsyslog: Installed: 7.4.4-1ubuntu2.6 Candidate: 7.4.4-1ubuntu2.6 Version table: *** 7.4.4-1ubuntu2.6 0 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 7.4.4-1ubuntu2.3 0 500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-security/main amd64 Packages 7.4.4-1ubuntu2 0 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1373070 Title: full fix for disconnected path (paths) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/+bug/1373070/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs