514852 – app-misc/sphinx - should not run as root - create a dedicated user/group

Bug 514852 - app-misc/sphinx - should not run as root - create a dedicated user/group

Summary: app-misc/sphinx - should not run as root - create a dedicated user/group

Status:	UNCONFIRMED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Normal normal
Assignee:	Hans de Graaff

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Depends on:	514922
Blocks:
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Reported:	2014-06-24 06:59 UTC by Thomas Deutschmann (RETIRED)
Modified:	2016-11-11 17:54 UTC (History)
CC List:	0 users

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Description Thomas Deutschmann (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2014-06-24 06:59:16 UTC

Currently, the searchd daemon is running as root.

Please create a dedicated user for sphinx and add support for specifying a user in the conf.d file for the runscript.

Reproducible: Always

Comment 1 Darko Luketic 2016-11-11 17:54:16 UTC

"bump"

app-misc/sphinx-2.2.11
still does not create a system user or user at all.