From: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@xxxxxxxxxx> Five years ago, systemd introduced the DynamicUser directive that allocates a new unique user/group id, runs a service with those ids, and deletes them after the service exits. This is a good replacement for User=nobody, since it eliminates the threat of nobody-services messing with each other. Make this transition ahead of all the other security tightenings that will land in the next few patches, and add credits for the people who suggested the change and reviewed it. Link: https://0pointer.net/blog/dynamic-users-with-systemd.html Suggested-by: Helle Vaanzinn <glitsj16@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@xxxxxxxxxx> --- scrub/xfs_scrub@xxxxxxxxxxx | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/scrub/xfs_scrub@xxxxxxxxxxx b/scrub/xfs_scrub@xxxxxxxxxxx index 855fe4de4..52068add8 100644 --- a/scrub/xfs_scrub@xxxxxxxxxxx +++ b/scrub/xfs_scrub@xxxxxxxxxxx @@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ ProtectHome=read-only PrivateTmp=no AmbientCapabilities=CAP_SYS_ADMIN CAP_FOWNER CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE CAP_DAC_READ_SEARCH CAP_SYS_RAWIO NoNewPrivileges=yes -User=nobody Environment=SERVICE_MODE=1 ExecStart=@sbindir@/xfs_scrub @scrub_args@ %f SyslogIdentifier=%N @@ -31,3 +30,6 @@ Nice=19 # Create the service underneath the scrub background service slice so that we # can control resource usage. Slice=system-xfs_scrub.slice + +# Dynamically create a user that isn't root +DynamicUser=true
