Confirmed that setting ownership of /etc/rabbitmq to root doesn't *appear* to break the service itself:
# service rabbitmq-server stop # chown -R root:root /etc/rabbitmq/ # ls /etc/rabbitmq/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Sep 4 18:33 /etc/rabbitmq/ # service rabbitmq-server status | cat ● rabbitmq-server.service - RabbitMQ Messaging Server Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/rabbitmq-server.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: active (running) since Wed 2019-09-04 18:36:48 UTC; 1min 20s ago Main PID: 24598 (beam.smp) Status: "Initialized" Tasks: 127 (limit: 4915) Memory: 69.3M CGroup: /system.slice/rabbitmq-server.service ├─24594 /bin/sh /usr/sbin/rabbitmq-server ├─24598 /usr/lib/erlang/erts-10.4.4/bin/beam.smp -W w -A 96 -MBas ageffcbf -MHas ageffcbf -MBlmbcs 512 -MHlmbcs 512 -MMmcs 30 -P 1048576 -t 5000000 -stbt db -zdbbl 128000 -K true -- -root /usr/lib/erlang -progname erl -- -home /var/lib/rabbitmq -- -pa /usr/lib/rabbitmq/lib/rabbitmq_server-3.7.8/ebin -noshell -noinput -s rabbit boot -sname rabbit@review-eoan -boot start_sasl -kernel inet_default_connect_options [{nodelay,true}] -sasl errlog_type error -sasl sasl_error_logger false -rabbit lager_log_root "/var/log/rabbitmq" -rabbit lager_default_file "/var/log/rabbitmq/rab...@review-eoan.log" -rabbit lager_upgrade_file "/var/log/rabbitmq/rabbit@review-eoan_upgrade.log" -rabbit enabled_plugins_file "/etc/rabbitmq/enabled_plugins" -rabbit plugins_dir "/usr/lib/rabbitmq/plugins:/usr/lib/rabbitmq/lib/rabbitmq_server-3.7.8/plugins" -rabbit plugins_expand_dir "/var/lib/rabbitmq/mnesia/rabbit@review-eoan-plugins-expand" -os_mon start_cpu_sup false -os_mon start_disksup false -os_mon start_memsup false -mnesia dir "/var/lib/rabbitmq/mnesia/rabbit@review-eoan" -kernel inet_dist_listen_min 25672 -kernel inet_dist_listen_max 25672 ├─24898 erl_child_setup 65536 ├─24925 inet_gethost 4 └─24926 inet_gethost 4 Sep 04 18:36:46 review-eoan systemd[1]: Starting RabbitMQ Messaging Server... Sep 04 18:36:48 review-eoan systemd[1]: rabbitmq-server.service: Supervising process 24598 which is not our child. We'll most likely not notice when it exits. Sep 04 18:36:48 review-eoan systemd[1]: Started RabbitMQ Messaging Server. # ls -lad /etc/rabbitmq/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Sep 4 18:33 /etc/rabbitmq/ -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1842408 Title: rabbitmq-server writes to /etc/rabbitmq To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rabbitmq-server/+bug/1842408/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs