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Today's Topics:
1. Re: Motion running as root (David Powell)
2. Re: Motion running as root (somebody)
3. Re: Motion running as root (MrDave)
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2018 21:50:24 -0600
From: David Powell <da...@depowell.com>
To: Motion discussion list <motion-user@lists.sourceforge.net>
Subject: Re: [Motion-user] Motion running as root
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I'm afraid I don't know what upstart is.? How can I tell if it's being used?
David
On 11/24/18 8:41 PM, MrDave wrote:
> Have you checked whether it is starting using upstart?? Although a
> motion.service file is included with the source, Motion has not
> transitioned to that officially because it is not supported on 14.04
>
> Dave
>
> On 11/24/2018 6:59 PM, David Powell wrote:
>>
>> I'm running version 4.1.1+git20181002-062a328 under Ubuntu on a
>> Raspberry Pi.? I can see in //etc/init.d/motion/ where the chuid
>> should be /motion/:
>>
>> ??????? log_daemon_msg "Starting $DESC" "$NAME"
>> ??????? if start-stop-daemon --start --oknodo --exec $DAEMON -b
>> --chuid motion ; then
>> ??????????? log_end_msg 0
>> ??????? else
>> ??????????? log_end_msg 1
>> ??????????? RET=1
>> ??????? fi
>>
>> but when I look at the process it's definitely root:
>>
>> > ps aux|grep motion
>> root????? 1190? 110? 9.0 481608 85376 ???????? Sl?? 10:46 608:32 motion
>>
>> What else can I look for?
>>
>> David
>>
>>
>> On 11/24/18 7:36 PM, MrDave wrote:
>>>
>>> I have just tested this and it Motion is running under the user
>>> 'motion' on a default install of raspbian stretch as well as when
>>> upgraded to 4.2 via the release deb's.
>>>
>>> You can see the chuid in the /etc/init.d/motion file.
>>>
>>> Dave
>>>
>>> On 11/24/2018 6:14 PM, David Powell wrote:
>>>>
>>>> When I start Motion, be it by rebooting the Pi on which it's
>>>> running or by /service motion restart/, it starts and runs under
>>>> the *root* userid.? Shouldn't it automatically switch to the
>>>> *motion* userid at some point?
>>>>
>>>>
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Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2018 21:42:28 -0700
From: somebody <for...@n0sq.tech>
To: motion-user@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [Motion-user] Motion running as root
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My solution was to disable /etc/init.d/motion and put this in
/etc/rc.local: <sudo -u user /usr/bin/motion start> and it uses the
config files in /home/user/.motion if they exist
or you can wait until you login as a user and execute <motion start>
from the cli - again, it uses the config files in ~/.motion if they exist
There are probably some other fancy ways to run it as a user also.
On 11/24/18 6:14 PM, David Powell wrote:
>
> When I start Motion, be it by rebooting the Pi on which it's running
> or by /service motion restart/, it starts and runs under the *root*
> userid.? Shouldn't it automatically switch to the *motion* userid at
> some point?
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Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2018 22:18:09 -0700
From: MrDave <motionmrd...@gmail.com>
To: motion-user@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [Motion-user] Motion running as root
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Arg.....Re-reading my response it looks like I swapped the terminology.?
Basically, there are now two different methods to start a application as
a service.? I was suggesting to look to see whether the other method was
starting motion.?? It is controlled by 'systemctl' command.? Others
probably know how to disable it better than me.
Dave
On 11/24/2018 8:50 PM, David Powell wrote:
>
> I'm afraid I don't know what upstart is.? How can I tell if it's being
> used?
>
> David
>
> On 11/24/18 8:41 PM, MrDave wrote:
>> Have you checked whether it is starting using upstart?? Although a
>> motion.service file is included with the source, Motion has not
>> transitioned to that officially because it is not supported on 14.04
>>
>> Dave
>>
>> On 11/24/2018 6:59 PM, David Powell wrote:
>>>
>>> I'm running version 4.1.1+git20181002-062a328 under Ubuntu on a
>>> Raspberry Pi.? I can see in //etc/init.d/motion/ where the chuid
>>> should be /motion/:
>>>
>>> ??????? log_daemon_msg "Starting $DESC" "$NAME"
>>> ??????? if start-stop-daemon --start --oknodo --exec $DAEMON -b
>>> --chuid motion ; then
>>> ??????????? log_end_msg 0
>>> ??????? else
>>> ??????????? log_end_msg 1
>>> ??????????? RET=1
>>> ??????? fi
>>>
>>> but when I look at the process it's definitely root:
>>>
>>> > ps aux|grep motion
>>> root????? 1190? 110? 9.0 481608 85376 ???????? Sl 10:46 608:32 motion
>>>
>>> What else can I look for?
>>>
>>> David
>>>
>>>
>>> On 11/24/18 7:36 PM, MrDave wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I have just tested this and it Motion is running under the user
>>>> 'motion' on a default install of raspbian stretch as well as when
>>>> upgraded to 4.2 via the release deb's.
>>>>
>>>> You can see the chuid in the /etc/init.d/motion file.
>>>>
>>>> Dave
>>>>
>>>> On 11/24/2018 6:14 PM, David Powell wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> When I start Motion, be it by rebooting the Pi on which it's
>>>>> running or by /service motion restart/, it starts and runs under
>>>>> the *root* userid. Shouldn't it automatically switch to the
>>>>> *motion* userid at some point?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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