# ASL3 logrotate fails to start

**URL:** <https://community.allstarlink.org/t/asl3-logrotate-fails-to-start/24967>\
**Category:** AllStarLink\
**Created:** [September 3, 2026, 11:33am UTC](https://community.allstarlink.org/t/asl3-logrotate-fails-to-start/24967 "2026-09-03T11:33:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![WB2HKK](https://community.allstarlink.org/user_avatar/community.allstarlink.org/wb2hkk/32/843_2.png) [@WB2HKK](https://community.allstarlink.org/u/WB2HKK)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2026, 11:33am UTC](https://community.allstarlink.org/t/asl3-logrotate-fails-to-start/24967/1 "2026-09-03T11:33:36Z")

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The status shows:  
× logrotate.service - Rotate log files  
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/logrotate.service; static)  
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Thu 2026-09-03 07:11:12 EDT; 20min ago  
Invocation: 34d98d271be7445a99bca620b9da5cd2  
TriggeredBy: ● logrotate.timer  
Docs: man:logrotate(8)  
man:logrotate.conf(5)  
Process: 9436 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/logrotate /etc/logrotate.conf (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)  
Main PID: 9436 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)  
CPU: 180ms

Sep 03 07:11:12 node27274 logrotate[9436]: error: found error in file ppp, skipping  
Sep 03 07:11:12 node27274 logrotate[9436]: warning: Potentially dangerous mode on wtmp: 0666  
Sep 03 07:11:12 node27274 logrotate[9436]: error: Ignoring wtmp because it is writable by group or others.  
Sep 03 07:11:12 node27274 logrotate[9436]: error: found error in file wtmp, skipping  
Sep 03 07:11:12 node27274 logrotate[9436]: warning: Potentially dangerous mode on wtmpdb: 0666  
Sep 03 07:11:12 node27274 logrotate[9436]: error: Ignoring wtmpdb because it is writable by group or others.  
Sep 03 07:11:12 node27274 logrotate[9436]: error: found error in file wtmpdb, skipping  
Sep 03 07:11:12 node27274 systemd[1]: logrotate.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE  
Sep 03 07:11:12 node27274 systemd[1]: logrotate.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.  
Sep 03 07:11:12 node27274 systemd[1]: Failed to start logrotate.service - Rotate log files.