Mine are the same:
ls -l /var/log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 627358 Aug 28 09:02 rc.log

--- gottlieb@nyu.edu wrote:

From: Allan Gottlieb <gottlieb@nyu.edu>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] rc.log errors
Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2012 22:15:32 -0400

On Mon, Aug 27 2012, cinder@linuxwaves.com wrote:

> Hello, my rc.log is full of lines like:
>
> /etc/rc.conf: line 35: /var/log/rc.log: No such file or directory
>
> ... and:
> /etc/rc.conf: line 35: /var/log/rc.log: Permission denied
>
> I have these lines in /etc/rc.conf:
>
> rc_logger="YES"

I have this

> rc_log_path="/var/log/rc.log"

This is the default.

> Does anybody know what this means?

What permissions do you have for /var/log/rc.log? I have 644 owner
root.root.

ajglap gottlieb # ls -l /var/log/rc.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8983 Aug 27 06:22 /var/log/rc.log

allan





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Does OP have /var on / or is it a separate mount point?

>Does OP have /var on / or is it a separate mount point?

/var is on /


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