FS#67629 - [distcc] consider creating a formal distcc user to avoid the nobody user

Attached to Project: Community Packages
Opened by John (graysky) - Tuesday, 18 August 2020, 13:48 GMT
Last edited by Alexander F. Rødseth (xyproto) - Monday, 07 September 2020, 19:21 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages
Status Closed
Assigned To Alexander F. Rødseth (xyproto)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 2
Private No

Details

I have seen output from systemd recently warning me about running distccd.service as the nobody user: /usr/lib/systemd/system/distccd.service:7: Special user nobody configured, this is not safe!

I propose adding a formal distcc user. I tested this with distcc-git (from the AUR) and it seems to be working just fine for me.
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Closed by  Alexander F. Rødseth (xyproto)
Monday, 07 September 2020, 19:21 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Comment by John (graysky) - Tuesday, 18 August 2020, 13:56 GMT
Attached is the sysuser.conf I propose; please see this commit for the changes to the PKGBUILD and service (which I'm sure you can figure out on your own): https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/commit/?h=distcc-git&id=d9388d06234fecae271f3cf08515d29235bf4176
   sysusers.conf (0.1 KiB)
Comment by Alexander F. Rødseth (xyproto) - Monday, 07 September 2020, 18:37 GMT
Thanks for reporting, and for the suggested changes! I'll fix this.

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