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authorLennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>2014-05-17 20:33:47 +0200
committerLennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>2014-05-18 20:52:49 +0900
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timesyncd: run timesyncd as unpriviliged user "systemd-timesync" (but still with CAP_SYS_TIME)
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@@ -183,6 +183,11 @@ USERS AND GROUPS:
exist. During execution this network facing service will drop
privileges and assume this uid/gid for security reasons.
+ The NTP daemon requires the "systemd-timesync" system user and
+ group to exist. During execution this network facing service
+ will drop priviliges (with the exception of CAP_SYS_TIME) and
+ assume this uid/gid for security reasons.
+
WARNINGS:
systemd will warn you during boot if /etc/mtab is not a
symlink to /proc/mounts. Please ensure that /etc/mtab is a