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being 'html' or 'latexpdf'. If using DESTDIR for installation,
pass the same DESTDIR to 'make sphinx-html' invocation.
+USERS AND GROUPS:
+ During runtime the journal daemon requires the
+ "system-journal" system group to exist. New journal files will
+ be readable by this group (but not writable) which may be used
+ to grant specific users read access.
+
+ It is also recommended to grant read access to all journal
+ files to the system groups "wheel" and "adm" with a command
+ like the following in the post installation script of the
+ package:
+
+ # setfacl -nm g:wheel:rx,d:g:wheel:rx,g:adm:rx,d:g:adm:rx /var/log/journal/
+
WARNINGS:
systemd will warn you during boot if /etc/mtab is not a
symlink to /proc/mounts. Please ensure that /etc/mtab is a