unbound not finding log file -- but log file exists

Error 'finding' log file on starting unbound service Jun 25 20:02:19 asus unbound: unbound[111312:0] error: Could not open logfile /var/log/unbound.log: No such file or directory But the file exists and should be writable... For *example* (I have tried a number of combinations of ownership and perms) [root@asus:/var/log] :> ll | grep unbound -rw-rw-r-- 1 root unbound 0 2021-06-25 20:00 unbound.log Where's the error? I have tried even -rw-r--r-- 1 unbound unbound 0 2021-06-25 20:00 unbound.log and -rw-rw-r-- 1 stephen stephen 0 2021-06-25 20:00 unbound.log and -rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 0 2021-06-25 20:00 unbound.log And so on Parent permissions drwxr-xr-x 13 root root 4.0K 2021-06-24 14:19 var drwxr-xr-x 13 root root 4.0K 2021-06-25 20:00 log Logging config on unbound.conf is : server: directory: "/etc/unbound" username: unbound chroot: "/etc/unbound" pidfile: "/etc/unbound/unbound.pid" interface: 0.0.0.0 interface: ::0 logfile: /var/log/unbound.log verbosity: 1 log-queries: yes