removed extra decode

Author: alexandraBara

nodescraper/connection/inband/inbandlocal.py

@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ def run_command(
             command,
             encoding="utf-8",
             shell=True,
+            errors="replace",
             timeout=timeout,
             capture_output=True,
             check=False,

nodescraper/plugins/inband/journal/journal_collector.py

@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 # SOFTWARE.
 #
 ###############################################################################
-import base64
 
 from nodescraper.base import InBandDataCollector
 from nodescraper.enums import EventCategory, EventPriority, ExecutionStatus, OSFamily
@@ -44,7 +43,7 @@ def _read_with_journalctl(self):
         Returns:
             str|None: system journal read
         """
-        cmd = "journalctl --no-pager --system --all --output=short-iso  2>&1 | base64 -w0"
+        cmd = "journalctl --no-pager --system --output=short-iso"
         res = self._run_sut_cmd(cmd, sudo=True, log_artifact=False, strip=False)
 
         if res.exit_code != 0:
@@ -59,16 +58,7 @@ def _read_with_journalctl(self):
             self.result.status = ExecutionStatus.ERROR
             return None
 
-        if isinstance(res.stdout, (bytes, bytearray)):
-            b64 = (
-                res.stdout if isinstance(res.stdout, str) else res.stdout.decode("ascii", "ignore")
-            )
-            raw = base64.b64decode("".join(b64.split()))
-            text = raw.decode("utf-8", errors="replace")
-        else:
-            text = res.stdout
-
-        return text
+        return res.stdout
 
     def collect_data(self, args=None) -> tuple[TaskResult, JournalData | None]:
         """Collect journal logs