Daemon User/Group
Like all processes, the DansGuardian server/daemon process has a user and group. The user/group of each process controls how the operating system grants permissions to it, particularly access to various files and directories. Typically operation is simplest if DansGuardian, its local proxy backend (for example Squid), and any anti-virus daemon all run as the same user/group

If not specified, DansGuardian will default to running as whatever user and group were built in (typically either nobody/nobody or nouser/nogroup). It's probably better to explititly specify some user userid/groupid than to chance file permissions as necessary to make the built in settings work.


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