sorting hat

sortinghat is a service for monitoring users coming into the system and adding them to (local) unix group(s).

The particular motivating use case is creating and managing a local rstudio-connect group to allow users on Posit Connect to RunAsCurrentUser without needing to also set up a separate unix group for them, which can be a painful approval activity in enterprise environments.

Installation and Activation

After installing, update either the systemd service file command to include a --dir flag or update the /etc/sortinghat/config.yml file to include a dir key, then startup the service via:

systemctl daemon-reload                # Reload systemd to recognize the new timer
systemctl enable sortinghat.timer      # Enable the timer to start on boot
systemctl start sortinghat.timer       # Start the timer immediately

Usage

sortinghat scan --dir=/home

to get some additional information about what users were added

sortinghat scan --dir=/home --loglevel=debug

root@fb44d2942662:/workspaces/sorting-hat# go run main.go watch --dir=/home --loglevel=debug
time=2023-11-08T18:18:42.977Z level=DEBUG msg="found in rstudio-connect group" user=user25 n_grps=2
time=2023-11-08T18:18:42.977Z level=DEBUG msg="found in rstudio-connect group" user=user4009 n_grps=2
time=2023-11-08T18:18:42.977Z level=DEBUG msg="found in rstudio-connect group" user=user21 n_grps=2
time=2023-11-08T18:18:42.977Z level=DEBUG msg="found in rstudio-connect group" user=user27 n_grps=2
time=2023-11-08T18:18:42.977Z level=DEBUG msg="found in rstudio-connect group" user=user28 n_grps=2
time=2023-11-08T18:18:42.977Z level=DEBUG msg="found in rstudio-connect group" user=user4006 n_grps=2
time=2023-11-08T18:18:42.977Z level=DEBUG msg="found in rstudio-connect group" user=user4007 n_grps=2
time=2023-11-08T18:18:42.977Z level=DEBUG msg="found in rstudio-connect group" user=user23 n_grps=2
time=2023-11-08T18:18:42.977Z level=DEBUG msg="found in rstudio-connect group" user=user20 n_grps=2
time=2023-11-08T18:18:42.977Z level=DEBUG msg="found in rstudio-connect group" user=user29 n_grps=2
time=2023-11-08T18:18:42.977Z level=DEBUG msg="found in rstudio-connect group" user=user4008 n_grps=2
time=2023-11-08T18:18:42.977Z level=DEBUG msg="found in rstudio-connect group" user=user22 n_grps=2
time=2023-11-08T18:18:42.977Z level=DEBUG msg="found in rstudio-connect group" user=user1 n_grps=2
time=2023-11-08T18:18:42.977Z level=DEBUG msg="found in rstudio-connect group" user=user24 n_grps=2
time=2023-11-08T18:18:42.977Z level=DEBUG msg="found in rstudio-connect group" user=user26 n_grps=2
time=2023-11-08T18:18:42.977Z level=DEBUG msg="found in rstudio-connect group" user=user2 n_grps=2
time=2023-11-08T18:18:42.977Z level=DEBUG msg="found in rstudio-connect group" user=user3 n_grps=2
time=2023-11-08T18:18:42.977Z level=DEBUG msg="found in rstudio-connect group" user=user4 n_grps=2
time=2023-11-08T18:18:42.977Z level=DEBUG msg="found in rstudio-connect group" user=user4005 n_grps=2
time=2023-11-08T18:18:42.977Z level=INFO msg="ran user check on rstudio-connect group membership" users_added=0
time=2023-11-08T18:18:42.977Z level=DEBUG msg="users added" names=[]
root@fb44d2942662:/workspaces/sorting-hat# go run main.go watch --dir=/home
time=2023-11-08T18:27:57.872Z level=INFO msg="ran user check on rstudio-connect group membership" users_added=0 users_checked=19