Christopher Byrne <[email protected]> writes:

> 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]>
> ---
>  .../2026-01-15-sssd-2_12-keywording.en.txt    | 33 +++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 33 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 
> 2026-01-15-sssd-2_12-keywording/2026-01-15-sssd-2_12-keywording.en.txt
>
> diff --git 
> a/2026-01-15-sssd-2_12-keywording/2026-01-15-sssd-2_12-keywording.en.txt 
> b/2026-01-15-sssd-2_12-keywording/2026-01-15-sssd-2_12-keywording.en.txt
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..1a4b6bd
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/2026-01-15-sssd-2_12-keywording/2026-01-15-sssd-2_12-keywording.en.txt
> @@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
> +Title: sssd to run as a dedicated user
> +Author: Christopher Byrne <[email protected]>
> +Posted: 2027-01-15

2026 :)

> +Revision: 1
> +News-Item-Format: 2.0
> +Display-If-Installed: <sys-sys/sssd-2.10

I think this end up being counterproductive, because users will only see
it if they emerge --sync and DON'T do a world upgrade to get new sssd.

Let's just make it unversioned IMO: sys-auth/sssd

(Also, typo: sys-sys vs sys-auth).

> +
> +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.

until

> +
> +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.

Seems good otherwise.

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