• New When installed directly on the host and launched with SystemD, Gremlin agent now runs with ambient capabilities (capabilities(7)). File capabilities are no longer set on /usr/bin/gremlin or /usr/sbin/gremlind.
  • New When installed directly on the host, the suid bit is no longer set for installed binaries /usr/bin/gremlin and /usr/sbin/gremlind. Additionally, these binaries are no longer owned by the gremlin linux user, but owned by root instead.
  • Info To install Gremlin with file capabilities and gremlin Linux user ownership in accordance with previous Gremlin versions, set the appropriate GREMLIN_INSTALL_ configuration variables at install time: GREMLIN_INSTALL_USER=gremlin GREMLIN_INSTALL_GROUP=gremlin GREMLIN_INSTALL_BIN_MODE=6111 GREMLIN_INSTALL_BIN_CAPABILITIES=1 sudo -E yum install gremlin gremlind. See Customize Gremlin's Linux User and Group