Running InfoPrint Manager Update Server service as a different user

The InfoPrint Manager update server can be set up to run as a different user update automatically.

By default, InfoPrint Manager Update Server is run using the ipmupdate user.

To run the service as a different user follow these steps:

  1. Create a different user than ipmupdate to run InfoPrint Manager Update Server service, if it is not already created.
    Note: The shell for the user can also be /sbin/nologin, /bin/false not necessarily /bin/bash or any interactive shell
  2. Make sure that ipmupdategroup is the primary group for the new user. If not, execute this command to change the primary group: