[python-daemon-Bugs][315239] 2.1 requires root permissions

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python-daemon-Bugs item #315239 was changed at 2015-12-11 13:44 by Justin Patrin
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Status: Open
Priority: 3
Submitted By: Adrian M (thiefmaster-guest)
Assigned to: Nobody (None)
Summary: 2.1 requires root permissions 


Initial Comment:
Since version 2.1, python-daemon always tries to setuid+setgid even if no uid change is necessary.  This fails when running without root privileges (which is a perfectly valid use case).

This kind of breaking change seem pretty inappropriate for a minor version number change, and additionally it doesn't seem to make sense at all - especially not in a way that cannot be disabled without using monkeypatching.

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Comment By: Justin Patrin (papercrane-guest)
Date: 2015-12-11 13:44

Message:
I've pushed a fix for this which checks the uid and euid before trying to change the uid and checks the gid and egid before trying to change the gid.
https://code.launchpad.net/~reversefold/python-daemon/trunk

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Comment By: Justin Patrin (papercrane-guest)
Date: 2015-12-10 17:39

Message:
+1, also seeing this issue

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Comment By: Adrian M (thiefmaster-guest)
Date: 2015-11-28 06:29

Message:
After having a closer look: this happens only with `initgroups=True` which didn't exist before. Maybe it would be better to make it default to `False`?

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