Upgrading to sys-auth/sssd-2.12 from version <2.10.0 requires new
permissions on the /var/lib/sss, /var/lib/sssd/ and /etc/sssd
directories.

Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/966684
Signed-off-by: Christopher Byrne <[email protected]>
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+Title: sssd to run as a dedicated user
+Author: Christopher Byrne <[email protected]>
+Posted: 2027-01-15
+Revision: 1
+News-Item-Format: 2.0
+Display-If-Installed: <sys-sys/sssd-2.10
+
+sssd now runs as its own user, rather than root, and uses file
+capabiltites for its helpers. Although it had this functionalilty for
+a while, it wasn't completely usable unttil 2.10.
+
+Because of the user change, the sssd database, logs, and
+configuration files must have their ownership changed. 
+
+== Systemd users ==
+After upgrading sssd, stop the sssd service. Then execute the following
+commands:
+
+chown -R sssd:sssd /var/lib/sss
+chown -R sssd:sssd /var/log/sssd
+
+Then restart the sssd service and verify it launched succesfully.
+
+== openrc users ===
+
+After upgrading        sssd, stop the sssd service. Then execute the following
+commands:
+
+chown -R sssd:sssd /var/lib/sss
+chown -R sssd:sssd /var/log/sssd
+chown -R root:sssd /etc/sssd
+
+Then restart the sssd service and verify it launched succesfully.
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