Bug#498823: xfs: recent change from 'root' to 'nobody' perhaps requires more thought

[Petter Reinholdtsen <pere@hungry.com>]

[Julien Cristau]
> Hrm. AIUI logging should now happen through syslog, so that part is
> probably fixable.  The pid file, on the other hand, might be a real
> problem with the whole 'running as nobody' thing.  I think the
> easiest fix is to have a dedicated user, and an xfs directory in
> /var/run where the pidfile would be stored, as that would allow the
> xfs process to remove its pid file itself.  But maybe I'm missing
> something.

Hm, strange.  Thought I tested the pid file creation, and did not see
any log file failures when I tested.

> Petter, since you made the change to run as nobody, care to cook up
> a patch for this?

Would love to, but do not expect to have any spare time to spend on it
before Lenny is released.  Sorry about that.  Just got very little
time for free software these days.  Hope it will improve in a few
months.

Happy hacking,
-- 
Petter Reinholdtsen