Subject: Arch-announce Digest, Vol 22, Issue 3

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Date: Tue, 05 Aug 2025 08:04:34 +0000

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   1. [arch-announce] zabbix >= 7.4.1-2 may requires manual intervention
      (Arch Linux: Recent news updates: Robin Candau)

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Date: Mon, 04 Aug 2025 14:58:22 -0000
From: "Arch Linux: Recent news updates: Robin Candau"
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Subject: [arch-announce] zabbix >= 7.4.1-2 may requires manual
	intervention
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Starting with `7.4.1-2`, the following Zabbix system user accounts (previously shipped by their related packages) will no longer be used. Instead, all Zabbix components will now rely on a shared `zabbix` user account (as originally [intended by upstream](https://www.zabbix.com/documentation/current/en/manual/installation/install#create-user-account) and done by other distributions):

- zabbix-server
- zabbix-proxy
- zabbix-agent *(also used by the `zabbix-agent2` package)*
- zabbix-web-service

This shared `zabbix` user account is provided by the newly introduced `zabbix-common` *split* package, which is now a dependency for all relevant `zabbix-*` packages.

The switch to the new user account is handled automatically for the corresponding main configuration files and `systemd` service units.

However, **manual intervention may be required** if you created custom files or configurations referencing to and / or being owned by the above deprecated users accounts, for example:

- `PSK` files used for encrypted communication
- Custom scripts for metrics collections or report generations
- `sudoers` rules for metrics requiring elevated privileges to be collected
- ...

Those should therefore be updated to refer to and / or be owned by the new `zabbix` user account, otherwise some services or user parameters may fail to work properly, or not at all.

Once migrated, you may [remove the obsolete user accounts from your system](https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Users_and_groups#Other_examples_of_user_management).

URL: https://archlinux.org/news/zabbix-741-2-may-requires-manual-intervention/

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