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authorLennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>2014-06-01 09:35:19 +0200
committerLennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>2014-06-01 09:35:19 +0200
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README: document the new "systemd-network" user we require for systemd-networkd
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will drop privileges (with the exception of CAP_SYS_TIME) and
assume this uid/gid for security reasons.
+ The network management daemon requires the "systemd-network"
+ system user and group to exist. During execution this network
+ facing service will drop privileges (with the exception of
+ CAP_NET_*) and assumed this uid/gid for security reasons.
+
WARNINGS:
systemd will warn you during boot if /etc/mtab is not a
symlink to /proc/mounts. Please ensure that /etc/mtab is a