Bug 2095399

Summary: [RFE] dovecot use systemd-sysusers
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Reporter: Pat Riehecky <riehecky>
Component: dovecotAssignee: Michal Hlavinka <mhlavink>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Evgeny Fedin <efedin>
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Version: CentOS StreamCC: bstinson, efedin, jwboyer
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Fixed In Version: dovecot-2.3.16-6.el9 Doc Type: If docs needed, set a value
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Last Closed: 2022-11-15 10:36:47 UTC Type: Bug
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Description Pat Riehecky 2022-06-09 16:59:43 UTC 
Description of problem:
dovecot is using static useradd scripts

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
dovecot-2.3.16-3.el9

How reproducible:
100%

Steps to Reproduce:
1. review %pre
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Actual results:
#dovecot uid and gid are reserved, see /usr/share/doc/setup-*/uidgid 
getent group dovecot >/dev/null || groupadd -r --gid 97 dovecot
getent passwd dovecot >/dev/null || \
useradd -r --uid 97 -g dovecot -d /usr/libexec/dovecot -s /sbin/nologin -c "Dovecot IMAP server" dovecot

getent group dovenull >/dev/null || groupadd -r dovenull
getent passwd dovenull >/dev/null || \
useradd -r -g dovenull -d /usr/libexec/dovecot -s /sbin/nologin -c "Dovecot's unauthorized user" dovenull


Expected results:
use of system-sysusers 

Additional info:
https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd-sysusers.html
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Adopting_sysusers.d_format
Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2022-11-15 10:36:47 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 (Moderate: dovecot security and enhancement update), 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/RHSA-2022:8208