[Pkg-mongodb-maintainers] Bug#858440: mongodb-server: mongodb users primary group is nogroup instead of mongodb, which is allso available

[Apollon Oikonomopoulos]

Package: mongodb-server
Version: 1:2.6.11-1

Hi,

On 12:46 Wed 22 Mar     , Micha Krause wrote:
> Package: mongodb-server
> Version: 1:2.4.10-5
> Severity: minor
> 
> This Problem results in a restart loop in combination with this puppet module:
> 
> https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-mongodb
> 
> The Puppet module checks, and fixes permissions in /var/lib/mongodb.
> Because the puppet module detects changes, the mongodb process is reloaded.
> This resoults in a journal-file to be recreated with mongodb:nogroup.
> At the next Puppet run the cycle starts again.
> 
> I realise that my problem is very Puppet specific, however I think mongodb should
> realy use the mongodb group.

Thanks for the report. This has already been fixed in 2.6.11-1. However, 
due to lack of time, I will consider fixing this in Jessie only if there 
are other more important issues to fix as well.

Regards,
Apollon