From 61acd9d6dc89c3854af51b5fd85c086f7c2efbd3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nathan Cutler Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2016 11:54:01 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] doc/release-notes.rst: clarify ceph UID/GID assignment on SUSE This patch attempts to describe the semantics by which the ceph UID/GID is assigned on SUSE distros. Signed-off-by: Nathan Cutler --- doc/release-notes.rst | 9 +++++---- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/release-notes.rst b/doc/release-notes.rst index 42ede07f4ac85..17c95fde61ec2 100644 --- a/doc/release-notes.rst +++ b/doc/release-notes.rst @@ -244,10 +244,11 @@ Upgrading from Hammer 14.04. (The next Ubuntu LTS, 16.04, will use systemd instead of upstart.) * Ceph daemons now run as user and group ``ceph`` by default. The - ceph user has a static UID assigned by Fedora and Debian (also used - by derivative distributions like RHEL/CentOS and Ubuntu). On SUSE - the ceph user will currently get a dynamically assigned UID when the - user is created. + ceph user has a static UID assigned by Fedora and Debian (also used by + derivative distributions like RHEL/CentOS and Ubuntu). On SUSE the same + UID/GID as in Fedora and Debian will be used, *provided it is not already + assigned*. In the unlikely event the preferred UID or GID is assigned to a + different user/group, ceph will get a dynamically assigned UID/GID. If your systems already have a ceph user, upgrading the package will cause problems. We suggest you first remove or rename the existing 'ceph' user -- 2.39.5