Bug 52304 - [journalctl] unable to read external journal files
Summary: [journalctl] unable to read external journal files
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: systemd
Classification: Unclassified
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Other All
: medium enhancement
Assignee: systemd-bugs
QA Contact: systemd-bugs
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Reported: 2012-07-20 11:02 UTC by Ildar Muyukov
Modified: 2012-07-20 12:19 UTC (History)
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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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