How to change /var/log/messages permission in Linux

Add below lines in /etc/logrotate.d/syslog

[root@test001 log]# cat /etc/logrotate.d/syslog

/var/log/messages /var/log/secure /var/log/maillog /var/log/spooler /var/log/boot.log /var/log/cron {

create 0644 root root

rotate 6

weekly

    sharedscripts

    postrotate

/etc/init.d/syslog reload

    endscript

}

[root@test001 log]# cat /etc/cron.daily/logrotate

#!/bin/sh

/usr/sbin/logrotate --force /etc/logrotate.conf

EXITVALUE=$?

if [ $EXITVALUE != 0 ]; then

    /usr/bin/logger -t logrotate "ALERT exited abnormally with [$EXITVALUE]"

fi

exit 0