ID: 13228
Title: Checkmk agent with systemd creates dedicated system user
Component: Checks & agents
Level: 1
Class: New feature
Version: 2.1.0i1
The installation of a systemd based agent package now creates a system user named
<b>cmk-agent</b>.
Failing to create (or find) such a user will cause the installation to fail.
This user will allow for upcoming architectural changes.
In particular it will be running helper processes for new agent-to-site communication
modes.
Also, the created user will be the only user allowed to read the agent output locally.
The users home directory will be <i>/etc/check-mk-agent/cmk-agent</i>, it will
have neither a login password nor a login shell.
Note that the user is not removed if the package is uninstalled, as you may still have
files belonging to that user, and we do not want the UID to be reassigned to a different
user by chance.
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