Bug 52304

Summary: [journalctl] unable to read external journal files
Product: systemd Reporter: Ildar Muyukov <ildar>
Component: generalAssignee: systemd-bugs
Status: RESOLVED FIXED QA Contact: systemd-bugs
Severity: enhancement    
Priority: medium    
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: Other   
OS: All   
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Description Ildar Muyukov 2012-07-20 11:02:30 UTC 
I have files from another machine in an arbitrary dir (e.g. /tmp/incoming/journal/...). But I can't read them without superuser rights.

With SU I can read them by copying /tmp/incoming/journal/* to /run/log/journal/ (even symlinking doesn't work)

This is an absurd restriction. Is it possible to add an option to journalctl to make mere reading possible?
Comment 1 Kay Sievers 2012-07-20 11:15:53 UTC 
Try:
  --directory=
  http://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/journalctl.html

and close the bug if it works. :)
Comment 2 Lennart Poettering 2012-07-20 12:19:55 UTC 
Yupp -D should do what is requested here. Closing.

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