Bug 1217817

Summary: [RFE] Run ceph daemons as ceph user/group
Product: [Red Hat Storage] Red Hat Ceph Storage Reporter: Sage Weil <sweil>
Component: RADOSAssignee: Ken Dreyer (Red Hat) <kdreyer>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: shylesh <shmohan>
Severity: medium Docs Contact: Bara Ancincova <bancinco>
Priority: unspecified    
Version: 1.2.3CC: branto, ceph-eng-bugs, dzafman, hnallurv, icolle, kchai, kdreyer, mbroz, nlevine, vumrao
Target Milestone: rcKeywords: FutureFeature
Target Release: 2.0   
Hardware: Unspecified   
OS: Unspecified   
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Fixed In Version: Doc Type: Enhancement
Doc Text:
.Ceph daemons now run as the `ceph` user and group With this release, Ceph daemons, such as `ceph-osd` or `ceph-mon`, no longer run as `root` but run as the `ceph` user that belongs to the `ceph` group. This change improves security of the Ceph cluster.
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Last Closed: 2016-08-23 19:25:42 UTC Type: Bug
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Bug Depends On: 1220846, 1221042, 1221043    
Bug Blocks: 1322504    

Description Sage Weil 2015-05-01 18:38:24 UTC
Description of problem:

Daemons run as root, which is not a good practice for security.

Expected results:

Run as user ceph and group ceph.


Additional info:

Comment 2 Neil Levine 2015-05-01 23:34:31 UTC
*** Bug 1217859 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 3 Ken Dreyer (Red Hat) 2016-02-29 16:02:54 UTC
This will be in RHCS 2 (it has been upstream since Infernalis).

Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2016-08-23 19:25:42 UTC
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2016:1755