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journalctl -n 1 returns old logs as non-root user on Ubuntu 20.04

On an Ubuntu 20.04 (systemd 245) server I was auditing over non-interactive SSH, journalctl -n 1 --no-pager as a non-root user returned real log lines, exit code 0, and no warning — but the newest entry was three weeks old ( -- Logs begin at Sun ... 21:41:40, end at Mon ... 00:39:53 -- ). I assumed…

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