From: Michael Friedrich <michael.friedrich@netways.de>
Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2013 12:39:20 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: Documentation: Add note for daemon user/group.
X-Git-Tag: v0.0.3~22
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=103499bc7dac9734bf5c49cabd1f70421a6a4247;p=icinga2

Documentation: Add note for daemon user/group.
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diff --git a/doc/2.6-running-icinga.md b/doc/2.6-running-icinga.md
index 1905d558e..07b350550 100644
--- a/doc/2.6-running-icinga.md
+++ b/doc/2.6-running-icinga.md
@@ -16,6 +16,12 @@ Icinga 2's init script is installed in `/etc/init.d/icinga2` by default:
   checkconfig         | The `checkconfig` action checks if the `/etc/icinga2/icinga2.conf` configuration file contains any errors.
   status              | The `status` action checks if Icinga 2 is running.
 
+> **Note**
+>
+> By default the Icinga 2 daemon is running as `icinga` user and group.
+> using the init script. Using Debian packages the user and group are set to `nagios`
+> for historical reasons.
+
 ### <a id="cmdline"></a> Command-line Options
 
     $ icinga2 --help