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diff --git a/man/journalctl.xml b/man/journalctl.xml index 7b9f9b8a56..770cf9bb29 100644 --- a/man/journalctl.xml +++ b/man/journalctl.xml @@ -110,9 +110,14 @@ <para>All users are granted access to their private per-user journals. However, by default, only root and users who are - members of the <literal>systemd-journal</literal> group get - access to the system journal and the journals of other - users.</para> + members of a few special groups are granted access to the system + journal and the journals of other users. Members of the the + <literal>systemd-journal</literal>, <literal>adm</literal>, and + <literal>wheel</literal> groups can read all journal files. Note + that the two latter groups traditionally have additional + privileges specified by the distribution. Members of the + <literal>wheel</literal> group can often perform administrative + tasks.</para> <para>The output is paged through <command>less</command> by default, and long lines are "truncated" to screen width. The |