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From cf04c51fb2d5ce08a8b8aafec999e2007ef53c83 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
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From: =?UTF-8?q?Zbigniew=20J=C4=99drzejewski-Szmek?= <zbyszek@in.waw.pl>
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Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2015 11:04:59 -0400
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Subject: [PATCH] journalctl: update hint now that we set ACL everywhere
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(cherry picked from commit 05c1853093d8c4e4aa16876b5129b65dac5abd01)
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---
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 src/journal/journalctl.c | 25 +++++++++++--------------
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 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/src/journal/journalctl.c b/src/journal/journalctl.c
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index 55c778633..12c869f5a 100644
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--- a/src/journal/journalctl.c
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+++ b/src/journal/journalctl.c
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@@ -1542,10 +1542,17 @@ static int access_check_var_log_journal(sd_journal *j) {
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         have_access = in_group("systemd-journal") > 0;
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         if (!have_access) {
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+                const char* dir;
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+
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+                if (access("/run/log/journal", F_OK) >= 0)
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+                        dir = "/run/log/journal";
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+                else
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+                        dir = "/var/log/journal";
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+
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                 /* Let's enumerate all groups from the default ACL of
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                  * the directory, which generally should allow access
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                  * to most journal files too */
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-                r = search_acl_groups(&g, "/var/log/journal/", &have_access);
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+                r = search_acl_groups(&g, dir, &have_access);
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                 if (r < 0)
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                         return r;
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         }
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@@ -1571,7 +1578,7 @@ static int access_check_var_log_journal(sd_journal *j) {
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                                 return log_oom();
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                         log_notice("Hint: You are currently not seeing messages from other users and the system.\n"
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-                                   "      Users in the groups '%s' can see all messages.\n"
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+                                   "      Users in groups '%s' can see all messages.\n"
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                                    "      Pass -q to turn off this notice.", s);
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                 }
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         }
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@@ -1595,18 +1602,8 @@ static int access_check(sd_journal *j) {
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         if (set_contains(j->errors, INT_TO_PTR(-EACCES))) {
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 #ifdef HAVE_ACL
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-                /* If /var/log/journal doesn't even exist,
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-                 * unprivileged users have no access at all */
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-                if (access("/var/log/journal", F_OK) < 0 &&
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-                    geteuid() != 0 &&
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-                    in_group("systemd-journal") <= 0) {
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-                        log_error("Unprivileged users cannot access messages, unless persistent log storage is\n"
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-                                  "enabled. Users in the 'systemd-journal' group may always access messages.");
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-                        return -EACCES;
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-                }
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-
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-                /* If /var/log/journal exists, try to pring a nice
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-                   notice if the user lacks access to it */
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+                /* If /run/log/journal or /var/log/journal exist, try
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+                   to pring a nice notice if the user lacks access to it. */
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                 if (!arg_quiet && geteuid() != 0) {
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                         r = access_check_var_log_journal(j);
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                         if (r < 0)