Cannot logrotate hourly by cron

Question

I have the following entry in /etc/crontab

47 * * * * root /usr/sbin/logrotate -v -f /etc/logrotate.d/mariadb_dumps &> /tmp/errrot

The line is run because the /tmp/errrot if created (empty), however logrotate does nothing.

If I run the line on command line out of cron, it works fine and it outputs to /tmp/errrot.

The file /etc/logrotate.d/mariadb_dumps has:

/home/backups/alldbs.sql.gz {

rotate 48
create 640 root adm
notifempty
nocreate
}

Packages are:

cronie-1.4.11-19.el7.x86_64
cronie-anacron-1.4.11-19.el7.x86_64

OS is CentOS 7

What should I modify to run logrotate hourly?

Note: I've tried even putting the line in a separate file in /etc/cron.d and even setting a custom path for logrotate as in How to execute logrotate every hour. None of those approaches work.

Answer 1

Finally, I've found it was a selinux issue, but it was somewhat hidden, so I run:

semodule --disable_dontaudit --build

then I've found those denials, I've created selinux modules for exception and applied and now it works fine.

Then, I've run:

semodule --build