Bug 2446607

Summary:	Required slurm service user is not created as part of package installation
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora EPEL	Reporter:	daniel.j.arevalo.civ
Component:	slurm	Assignee:	Neil Hanlon <neil>
Status:	NEW ---	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version:	epel9	CC:	daniel.j.arevalo.civ, d.klein, epel-packagers-sig, michel, neil, pillose, pkfed
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Description daniel.j.arevalo.civ 2026-03-11 17:52:49 UTC

Description of problem:
Creation of "slurm" service user account is not handled by package installation; manual creation is required by admin pre or post install.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
slurm-22.05.9-1.el9.x86_64.rpm

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. $ dnf install slurm-slurmctld
2. $ getent passwd slurm
< no output>


Actual results:
slurm user under which the Slurm controller (slurmctld) runs is not present.

Expected results:
slurm user is installed as part of RPM installation scripts.

Comment 1 daniel.j.arevalo.civ 2026-03-11 18:07:56 UTC

To clarify, this is a security enhancement request; the package as currently configured runs slurmctld as root with no extra configuration required.
As slurmctld can run without elevated privileges, security best practice would suggest a "slurm" user be created for it instead.