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FS#39605 - [chrony] chronyd should drop root privileges

Attached to Project: Community Packages
Opened by dbb (dbb) - Sunday, 23 March 2014, 22:17 GMT
Last edited by Daniel Micay (thestinger) - Monday, 24 March 2014, 21:36 GMT
Task Type Feature Request
Category Packages
Status Closed
Assigned To Daniel Micay (thestinger)
Architecture All
Severity Medium
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 1
Private No

Details

Description:
chronyd has the ability to drop root privileges, but it can only be done with the command line argument `-u`. The chrony package should install a system user, chrony, and the systemd service file for chronyd should be modified to call chronyd with `-u chrony`.

Additional info:
* Version: 1.29.1-1
* See chronyd(8)
This task depends upon

Closed by  Daniel Micay (thestinger)
Monday, 24 March 2014, 21:36 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Additional comments about closing:  Fixed in 1.29.1-2

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