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Correct home directory for netdata set in /etc/passwd? #5128

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andyforceno opened this issue Jan 7, 2019 · 2 comments
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Correct home directory for netdata set in /etc/passwd? #5128

andyforceno opened this issue Jan 7, 2019 · 2 comments
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@andyforceno
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@andyforceno andyforceno commented Jan 7, 2019 •
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When I run the tiger security tool, it reports the following:
--WARN-- [pass016w] User netdata has / as home directory

Sure enough, the user netdata has / set as the home dir in /etc/passwd.

What is the correct home dir for the netdata user as specified in /etc/passwd? Is it /usr/sbin/ where netdata appears to be executed from, or /etc/netdata? The former seems correct, but I thought I'd check.

I'm currently running Netdata v1.12.0-rc2-14-ge51b735
@andyforceno andyforceno changed the title Home directory for netdata set in /etc/passwd Correct home directory for netdata set in /etc/passwd Jan 7, 2019
@andyforceno andyforceno changed the title Correct home directory for netdata set in /etc/passwd Correct home directory for netdata set in /etc/passwd? Jan 7, 2019
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@paulfantom paulfantom commented Jan 7, 2019

I wonder if we should set it to /var/lib/netdata or /var/cache/netdata as those are the only directories where netdata should have write access.
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@Ferroin Ferroin commented Jan 7, 2019

I'd say /var/lib/netdata probably makes the most sense here. /var/cache is almost never used for home directories because applications are supposed to be able to work correctly even if /var/cache gets nuked.
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