gstd as non-root user?

[phil-marble]

Running gstd assumes write access to /var/log /var/run, etc. There appear to be no command line options (or perhaps they are undocumented?) for overriding this behavior when starting.

[michaelgruner]

Hi @phil-marble, currently you can set the desired logging (/var/log/) and PID (/var/run) directories during configuration. Something like:

./configure --with-gstd-runstatedir=/var/run --with-gstd-logstatedir=/var/log/

The default values are set to $prefix/var/run/gstd/ and $prefix/var/log/gstd/ respectively. You may want to check the config.log file to verify your current configuration.

The make install process give the specified directory read and write access. Gstd should run as non-root.

Currently, there is no way to specify these directories via command line arguments. There's nothing impeding this though and its a small change. It's just not implemented.

Does this unblock you?

[phil-marble]

I'm not blocked, I'd just like to see these as runtime configurable via command line options, eventually.

[michaelgruner]

Agreed. Marked as enhancement already.

[phil-marble]

Thanks!