I ended up having to go in and tweak the default to connect with /home/jenkins instead of the /var/what/ever it was using (poor choice IMO). Now it uses the home directory instead. And with a bit of admin adjustment, has permissions to do what it needs to do.
On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 10:18 PM, Foxgang <teve...@gmail.com> wrote: > How did you install Jenkins? If you used the Yum or Debian packages, it > should have already set up a user named Jenkins which the Jenkins service > runs under. It should also have already set it up to have sufficient > permissions to do whatever (within the Jenkins workspace). > > How do you know it's running as anonymous? The startup script gets run as > root, which then starts the daemon under 'su jenkins'. It should therefore > be running as jenkins. > > The default workspace is easy to change, you can do that through the web > UI, in the main configuration. > > > On Tuesday, February 26, 2013 12:17:09 PM UTC-6, mwpowellhtx wrote: >> >> I am looking at my /etc/init.d/jenkins and it is a bash script. There is >> a JENKINS_USER there, but I don't see it set. I take it, I set it there >> and/or export the value? I'm new to this Linux thing, does that sound about >> right? >> >> On Tuesday, February 26, 2013 11:40:32 AM UTC-6, mwpowellhtx wrote: >>> >>> Hello, I am sure this question has been asked in different forms before, >>> having some difficulty connecting the dots. >>> >>> I've got Jenkins more of the way installed, some owner and permissions >>> issues on a jenkins account better understood and resolved. >>> >>> I can now clone repositories on the command prompt using the jenkins >>> account. That's step one. Now I want to configure Jenkins service to run >>> not as the anonymous user but rather as the jenkins account. >>> >>> However, it's running as anonymous, trying to work with /var/lib, etc, >>> path to workspace. I want that workspace under the user's home directory >>> instead. >>> >>> I've been reading bits and pieces how to configure my jenkins start >>> command in a service environment, what configuration files to convey >>> running as the user name, but need a pointer to better understand and >>> resolve it. >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Michael >>> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "Jenkins Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/jenkinsci-users/XAkRBb-3gRo/unsubscribe?hl=en > . > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > jenkinsci-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Jenkins Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to jenkinsci-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
