[Bug 1824342] Re: in 19.04, default user cannot access system journal

[Dimitri John Ledkov]

fixed in v241.... shame I did not upgrade systemd to v241 in disco.

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Title:
  in 19.04, default user cannot access system journal

Status in systemd package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  in a fresh install of 19.04 from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-
  live/20190410/disco-desktop-amd64.iso, journalctl -u snapd, or -u gdm,
  or -u udisks, results in 'no entries'. journalctl --system -u snapd
  etc, warns about permissions.

  $ sudo getfacl /var/log/journal/
  getfacl: Removing leading '/' from absolute path names
  # file: var/log/journal/
  # owner: root
  # group: systemd-journal
  # flags: -s-
  user::rwx
  group::r-x
  other::r-x
  default:user::rwx
  default:group::r-x
  default:group:adm:r-x
  default:mask::r-x
  default:other::r-x

  this is fixed via

  sudo setfacl -R -nm g:adm:rx,d:g:adm:rx /var/log/journal

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