Bug 1383969 - Need mention of 'abrt' user as requirement for abrtd
Summary: Need mention of 'abrt' user as requirement for abrtd
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Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
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Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Classification: Red Hat
Component: doc-Deployment_Guide
Version: 6.9
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: Marie Hornickova
QA Contact: ecs-bugs
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Blocks: 1383970
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Reported: 2016-10-12 09:26 UTC by Piyush Bhoot
Modified: 2019-12-16 07:04 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2017-03-23 17:53:41 UTC
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Description Piyush Bhoot 2016-10-12 09:26:51 UTC 
Document URL: https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/Deployment_Guide/ch-abrt.html

Describe the issue: 

abrtd requires the presence of an 'abrt' user

Suggestions for improvement: 

The abrtd daemon requires the abrt user to exist for file system operations in /var/spool/abrt

When the abrt rpm is installed, it creates a user with UID/GID of 173 if that user doesn't already exit from a previous account creation such as from a corporate ID management solution or manually.

Because the abrt does not require a specific UID/GID, the user can be created with the UID/GID of choice.
Comment 3 Marie Hornickova 2017-03-23 17:53:41 UTC 
The docs are now live on RH Customer Portal.

https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/Deployment_Guide/ch-abrt.html#sect-abrt-installation
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