[systemd-devel] Converting xinetd files

[Stephen Hemminger]

On Fri, 11 Feb 2022 00:57:11 +0000
Wol <antlists at youngman.org.uk> wrote:

> I've found the pid0 blog, and had no real trouble (I think, I haven't 
> tested it yet :-) converting an xinetd setup.
> 
> But the documentation (man systemd.service) didn't tell me how to 
> convert a couple of settings, namely xinetd had "user=" and "group=". 
> Okay, user= was root, so group= probably doesn't matter either, but how 
> do you get a service to change user and drop privileges? It would be 
> nice to know for the future, even the near future to try and modify 
> qm/scarletdme so it doesn't need root and lower any possible attack surface.
> 
> Cheers,
> Wol

You probably want DynamicUser=