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docs(promtail): Add group permission note for journal #16027

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@axi92 axi92 commented Jan 31, 2025

What this PR does / why we need it:
On Ubuntu 24.04 when installed via apt promtail does not have the permissions to get journal logs. This commit explains how to fix that issue.

Which issue(s) this PR fixes:
Maybe fixes #7836, #9922, #11306

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On Ubuntu 24.04 when installed via apt promtail does not have the permissions to get journal logs. This commit explains how to fix that issue.

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[docs team] LGTM. Thanks for taking the time to update the docs.

@JStickler JStickler merged commit a2a603a into grafana:main Jan 31, 2025
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Promtail journal scraper fails silently for permissions issues
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