Pablo Suárez Hernández 34c4e47c9b - Avoid explicit reading of /etc/salt/minion (bsc#1220357)
- Allow NamedLoaderContexts to be returned from loader
- Revert the change making reactor less blocking (bsc#1230322)
- Use --cachedir for extension_modules in salt-call (bsc#1226141)
- Prevent using SyncWrapper with no reason
- Added:
  * avoid-explicit-reading-of-etc-salt-minion-bsc-122035.patch
  * allow-namedloadercontexts-to-be-returned-from-loader.patch
  * revert-the-change-making-reactor-less-blocking-bsc-1.patch
  * use-cachedir-for-extension_modules-in-salt-call-bsc-.patch
  * prevent-using-syncwrapper-with-no-reason.patch

OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/systemsmanagement:saltstack/salt?expand=0&rev=259
2024-09-25 12:19:39 +00:00

Salt-master as non-root user
============================

With this version of salt the salt-master will run as salt user.

Why an extra user
=================

While the current setup runs the master as root user, this is considered a security issue
and not in line with the other configuration management tools (eg. puppet) which runs as a
dedicated user. 

How can I undo the change
=========================

If you would like to make the change before you can do the following steps manually:
1. change the user parameter in the master configuration
   user: root
2. update the file permissions:
   as root: chown -R root /etc/salt /var/cache/salt /var/log/salt /var/run/salt
3. restart the salt-master daemon:
   as root: rcsalt-master restart or systemctl restart salt-master

NOTE
====

Running the salt-master daemon as a root user is considers by some a security risk, but
running as root, enables the pam external auth system, as this system needs root access to check authentication.

For more information:
http://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/ref/configuration/nonroot.html
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