From: Michael Tremer <michael.tremer@ipfire.org>
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2026 15:21:48 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: configure: Allow to specify the daemon user
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=b3dffb075fa030e0980a1e65475a591705fa955a;p=telemetry.git

configure: Allow to specify the daemon user

Signed-off-by: Michael Tremer <michael.tremer@ipfire.org>
---

diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index f432667..423d5c9 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -241,6 +241,20 @@ AC_ARG_ENABLE(manpages, AS_HELP_STRING([--disable-man-pages],
 AS_IF([test "x$enable_manpages" != xno], [have_manpages=yes])
 AM_CONDITIONAL(ENABLE_MANPAGES, [test "x$have_manpages" = "xyes"])
 
+
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+AC_ARG_WITH([user],
+	[AS_HELP_STRING([--with-user=USER],
+		[run daemon as this unprivileged user @<:@default: telemetry@:>@])],
+	[DAEMON_USER="$withval"],
+	[DAEMON_USER="telemetry"])
+
+AC_SUBST([DAEMON_USER])
+
+AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([DAEMON_USER], ["$DAEMON_USER"],
+	[Unprivileged user the daemon runs as])
+
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 AC_ARG_ENABLE([tests],
diff --git a/src/daemon/main.c b/src/daemon/main.c
index 70270da..bd645cf 100644
--- a/src/daemon/main.c
+++ b/src/daemon/main.c
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ static struct argp_option options[] = {
 // Collect all sources that should be enabled
 static char** sources = NULL;
 
-static const char* user = "nobody";
+static const char* user = DAEMON_USER;
 
 static error_t parse(int key, char* arg, struct argp_state* state) {
 	td_ctx* ctx = state->input;