[Bug 228519] sysutils/beats should probably run a specific `beats' user

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            Bug ID: 228519
           Summary: sysutils/beats should probably run a specific `beats'
                    user
           Product: Ports & Packages
           Version: Latest
          Hardware: Any
                OS: Any
            Status: New
          Severity: Affects Only Me
          Priority: ---
         Component: Individual Port(s)
          Assignee: elastic at FreeBSD.org
          Reporter: girgen at FreeBSD.org
          Assignee: elastic at FreeBSD.org
             Flags: maintainer-feedback?(elastic at FreeBSD.org)

the *beats daemons should probably not run as root

Running as nobody is not correct since the daemons own files in
/var/db/beats/*beat. Hence the correct way is probably to create a `beats' user
and ditto group. That way, admins can allow the beats group read access to log
files that are not world readable, for example. 

Thoughs on this?

Palle

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