From 2e6dbf20523e95081d215afeee3d6ac23cc248d6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: schniederzero Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2017 16:42:13 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Updated Autostart on Linux (markdown) --- Autostart-on-Linux.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Autostart-on-Linux.md b/Autostart-on-Linux.md index 1506f15..9423e92 100644 --- a/Autostart-on-Linux.md +++ b/Autostart-on-Linux.md @@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ exit 0 **Security Note** -For security purposes, you can prevent this account from being logged into by editing the '/etc/passwd' entry for user radarr and changing it to '/bin/false' or /usr/sbin/nologin'. I've also removed the password from '/etc/shadow'. From researching, these both appear to be the manual ways to perform the '--disable-login' and '--disable-password' while creating a new user. Alternatively, you can accomplish this same task by creating a user with the '--system' option. +For security purposes, create a separate account to run this service and do not leave it as 'root'. You can prevent this account from being logged into by editing the '/etc/passwd' entry for user radarr and changing it to '/bin/false' or /usr/sbin/nologin'. I've also removed the password from '/etc/shadow'. From researching, these both appear to be the manual ways to perform the '--disable-login' and '--disable-password' while creating a new user. Alternatively, you can accomplish this same task by creating a user with the '--system' option. /etc/passwd 'radarr:x:1001:1001:Radarr Movie Media:/opt/Radarr:/bin/false' /etc/shadow 'radarr:*:17124:0:99999:7:::'