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docs(promtail): Add group permission note for journal (backport release-3.0.x) #16039

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4 changes: 3 additions & 1 deletion docs/sources/send-data/promtail/configuration.md
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The `journal` block configures reading from the systemd journal from
Promtail. Requires a build of Promtail that has journal support _enabled_. If
using the AMD64 Docker image, this is enabled by default.
using the AMD64 Docker image, this is enabled by default. On some systems a
permission is needed for the user promtail to access journal logs.
For Ubuntu (24.04) you need to add `promtail` to the group `systemd-journal` with `sudo usermod -a -G systemd-journal promtail`.

```yaml
# When true, log messages from the journal are passed through the
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