Zabbix_agentd package fails to add user and group for zabbix

lentferj · 28 November 2025 16:30

when installing zabbix_agentd it tries to add user and group with IDs 118. This does not work, because on my system 118 is taken by named. Pakefire install doesn’t report any error though, just later you cannot start zabbix_agentd via /etc/init.d/zabbix_agentd start or the WebUI, as it would be started as root due to the missing user

Starting Zabbix Agent…
zabbix_agentd [15589]: user zabbix does not exist
zabbix_agentd [15589]: cannot run as root!

lentferj · 28 November 2025 16:32

this is the line I am referring to

github.com/ipfire/ipfire-2.x

src/paks/zabbix_agentd/install.sh

master


      
          # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License        #
          # along with IPFire; if not, write to the Free Software                    #
          # Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307 USA #
          #                                                                          #
          # Copyright (C) 2007 IPFire-Team <info@ipfire.org>.                        #
          #                                                                          #
          ############################################################################
          #
          . /opt/pakfire/lib/functions.sh
          
          if ! getent group zabbix &>/dev/null; then
          	groupadd -g 118 zabbix
          fi
          
          if ! getent passwd zabbix; then
          	useradd -u 118 -g zabbix -d /var/empty -s /bin/false zabbix
          fi
          
          extract_files
          
          # Create symlinks for runlevel interaction.

lentferj · 28 November 2025 20:50

must be some left over crud. I checked the git repo and it seems ipfire doesn’t bring this user by default. I also didn’t find any files or folders owned by this user or group. Did ipfire sometime have BIND as a pakfire package?
Anyway, I deleted the named user and installed the zabbix_agentd package again - works

bonnietwin · 28 November 2025 21:28

No.

Bind is installed as a core package but only for the utilities

dig
host
nslookup
nsupdate

It does not install named and has not since it was installed back in 2013.