[PKG-Openstack-devel] alternative runtime users for openstack daemons

[Thomas Goirand]

On 08/05/2014 02:31 PM, gustavo panizzo (gfa) wrote:
> Hello
> 	i'm going over init scripts for openstack and i realize we support
> change, in the init script, the runtime user for some daemons.
> 
> *is that used?* does it works?
> we don't take care of /var/lib/${service} ownership/permissions, debconf
> does not ask the runtime user.
> 
> i'm asking because changing the user is not currently supported in the
> service files for systemd.
> 
> PS: if i wasn't clear, i'm asking if anybody runs nova-* (the services)
> as !nova (the user)
> 
> thanks!

I don't think we support it right now, and I don't think we should
support it. The postinst are using nova : nova and what's in the init
scripts must match.

Cheers,

Thomas Goirand (zigo)