diff --git a/packages/jessie/postinst b/packages/jessie/postinst
index 9e3daa2e5..ae2e40395 100755
--- a/packages/jessie/postinst
+++ b/packages/jessie/postinst
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ case "$1" in
 		chown -R cgrates:cgrates /var/spool/cgrates/
 		chown -R cgrates:cgrates /var/lib/cgrates/
 		chown -R cgrates:cgrates /usr/share/cgrates/
-		chown syslog:adm /var/log/cgrates
+		chown root:adm /var/log/cgrates
         ;;
 
 	abort-upgrade|abort-remove|abort-deconfigure)
diff --git a/packages/squeeze/postinst b/packages/squeeze/postinst
index 2bd65fb97..27da6908f 100755
--- a/packages/squeeze/postinst
+++ b/packages/squeeze/postinst
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ case "$1" in
 		chown -R cgrates:cgrates /var/lib/cgrates/
 		chown -R cgrates:cgrates /var/spool/cgrates/
 		chown -R cgrates:cgrates /usr/share/cgrates/
-		chown syslog:adm /var/log/cgrates
+		chown root:adm /var/log/cgrates
         ;;
 
 	abort-upgrade|abort-remove|abort-deconfigure)