Enhancement #3163
snort system user
| Status: | CLOSED | Start date: | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Priority: | Normal | Due date: | ||
| Assignee: | - | % Done: | 100% | |
| Category: | snort | |||
| Target version: | v6.6 | |||
| Resolution: | NEEDINFO: | No |
Description
During snort installation, a snort user is created automatically to own some dirs.
Usually rpm packages add users with useradd -r, to create system users, with uid < 500.
Associated revisions
Update snort to 2.9.7 and fix useradd -r in specfile. Refs #3163
History
#1
Updated by Filippo Carletti about 6 years ago
- Status changed from NEW to TRIAGED
- Assignee set to Filippo Carletti
- % Done changed from 0 to 20
#2
Updated by Filippo Carletti about 6 years ago
Having to rebuild the package, let's update to the latest snort upstream version.
#3
Updated by Filippo Carletti about 6 years ago
- Status changed from TRIAGED to MODIFIED
- % Done changed from 20 to 60
Test case.
1. New install:
getent passwd snort snort:x:488:487:Snort:/var/log/snort:/bin/false
UID (488 here) should be under 500.
2. Update:
UID will not change, but snort should restart
#4
Updated by Giacomo Sanchietti about 6 years ago
- Category set to snort
- Status changed from MODIFIED to ON_QA
- Assignee deleted (
Filippo Carletti) - % Done changed from 60 to 70
Package in nethserver-testing:
- snort-2.9.7.2-2.x86_64.rpm
#5
Updated by Giacomo Sanchietti about 6 years ago
- Assignee set to Giacomo Sanchietti
#6
Updated by Giacomo Sanchietti about 6 years ago
- Status changed from ON_QA to VERIFIED
- Assignee deleted (
Giacomo Sanchietti) - % Done changed from 70 to 90
Snort installed from testing repo:
[root@localhost ~]# grep snort /etc/passwd snort:x:497:497:Snort:/var/log/snort:/bin/false
#7
Updated by Giacomo Sanchietti about 6 years ago
- Status changed from VERIFIED to CLOSED
- % Done changed from 90 to 100
Released in nethserver-updates:
- snort-2.9.7.2-2.x86_64.rpm