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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/user/setup.rst | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/etc/frr/daemons | 5 | ||||
| -rwxr-xr-x | tools/frrcommon.sh.in | 4 |
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diff --git a/doc/user/setup.rst b/doc/user/setup.rst index dcc7607e48..372494fbce 100644 --- a/doc/user/setup.rst +++ b/doc/user/setup.rst @@ -116,6 +116,16 @@ allow this to happen. :: + FRR_NO_ROOT="yes" + +This option allows you to run FRR as a non-root user. Use this option +only when you know what you are doing since most of the daemons +in FRR will not be able to run under a regular user. This option +is useful for example when you run FRR in a container with a designated +user instead of root. + +:: + zebra_options=" -s 90000000 --daemon -A 127.0.0.1" bgpd_options=" --daemon -A 127.0.0.1" ... diff --git a/tools/etc/frr/daemons b/tools/etc/frr/daemons index 8aa08871e3..2427bfff77 100644 --- a/tools/etc/frr/daemons +++ b/tools/etc/frr/daemons @@ -91,6 +91,11 @@ pathd_options=" -A 127.0.0.1" # #MAX_FDS=1024 +# Uncomment this option if you want to run FRR as a non-root user. Note that +# you should know what you are doing since most of the daemons need root +# to work. This could be useful if you want to run FRR in a container +# for instance. +# FRR_NO_ROOT="yes" # For any daemon, you can specify a "wrap" command to start instead of starting # the daemon directly. This will simply be prepended to the daemon invocation. diff --git a/tools/frrcommon.sh.in b/tools/frrcommon.sh.in index 3c16c27c6d..4f095a176e 100755 --- a/tools/frrcommon.sh.in +++ b/tools/frrcommon.sh.in @@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ RELOAD_SCRIPT="$D_PATH/frr-reload.py" # is_user_root () { + if [[ ! -z $FRR_NO_ROOT && "${FRR_NO_ROOT}" == "yes" ]]; then + return 0 + fi + [ "${EUID:-$(id -u)}" -eq 0 ] || { log_failure_msg "Only users having EUID=0 can start/stop daemons" return 1 |