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Bug 514852

Summary: app-misc/sphinx - should not run as root - create a dedicated user/group
Product: Gentoo Linux Reporter: Thomas Deutschmann (RETIRED) <whissi>
Component: Current packagesAssignee: Hans de Graaff <graaff>
Status: UNCONFIRMED ---    
Severity: normal    
Priority: Normal    
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
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Bug Depends on: 514922    
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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.