Access User Service Logs Without systemd-journal Group

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Unable to view user service logs with journalctl --user-unit due to insufficient permissions
[user1@test ~]$ journalctl --user-unit  test-log.service 
Hint: You are currently not seeing messages from the system.
      Users in the 'systemd-journal' group can see all messages. Pass -q to
      turn off this notice.
No journal files were opened due to insufficient permissions.
  • The user user1 is not allowed to join the systemd-journal group.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

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