How to use rsyslog's imfile to read a log file in a home directory?

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Issue

  • We want to use rsyslog imfile to export a custom log to a remote rsyslog server.
  • The log is located at /home/user/var/log/file.log, in the $HOME of a user.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
  • rsyslog

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