Resolves: #2147522 - It is not possible to run FRR as a non-root user

0008-frr-non-root-user.patch

@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+From 1d42fb941af17a29346b2af03338f8e18470f009 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Michal Ruprich <michalruprich@gmail.com>
+Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2022 12:38:05 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] tools: Enable start of FRR for non-root user
+
+There might be use cases when this would make sense, for example
+running FRR in a container as a designated user.
+
+Signed-off-by: Michal Ruprich <mruprich@redhat.com>
+---
+ tools/etc/frr/daemons | 5 +++++
+ tools/frrcommon.sh.in | 4 ++++
+ 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+)
+
+diff --git a/tools/etc/frr/daemons b/tools/etc/frr/daemons
+index 8aa08871e35..2427bfff777 100644
+--- a/tools/etc/frr/daemons
++++ b/tools/etc/frr/daemons
+@@ -91,6 +91,12 @@ pathd_options="  -A 127.0.0.1"
+ # say BGP.
+ #MAX_FDS=1024
+ 
++# Uncomment this option if you want to run FRR as a non-root user. Note that
++# you should know what you are doing since most of the daemons need root
++# to work. This could be useful if you want to run FRR in a container
++# for instance.
++# FRR_NO_ROOT="yes"
++
+ # The list of daemons to watch is automatically generated by the init script.
+ #watchfrr_options=""
+ 
+diff --git a/tools/frrcommon.sh.in b/tools/frrcommon.sh.in
+index 3c16c27c6df..4f095a176e4 100755
+--- a/tools/frrcommon.sh.in
++++ b/tools/frrcommon.sh.in
+@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ RELOAD_SCRIPT="$D_PATH/frr-reload.py"
+ #
+ 
+ is_user_root () {
++	if [[ ! -z $FRR_NO_ROOT  &&  "${FRR_NO_ROOT}" == "yes" ]]; then
++		return 0
++	fi
++
+ 	[ "${EUID:-$(id -u)}" -eq 0 ] || {
+ 		log_failure_msg "Only users having EUID=0 can start/stop daemons"
+ 		return 1
+diff --git a/doc/user/setup.rst b/doc/user/setup.rst
+index 25934df..51ffd32 100644
+--- a/doc/user/setup.rst
++++ b/doc/user/setup.rst
+@@ -114,6 +114,16 @@ most operating systems is 1024.  If the operator plans to run bgp with
+ several thousands of peers than this is where we would modify FRR to
+ allow this to happen.
+ 
++::
++
++  FRR_NO_ROOT="yes"
++
++This option allows you to run FRR as a non-root user. Use this option
++only when you know what you are doing since most of the daemons
++in FRR will not be able to run under a regular user. This option
++is useful for example when you run FRR in a container with a designated
++user instead of root.
++
+ ::
+ 
+    zebra_options=" -s 90000000 --daemon -A 127.0.0.1"

frr.spec

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 Name: frr
 Version: 8.3.1
-Release: 4%{?checkout}%{?dist}
+Release: 5%{?checkout}%{?dist}
 Summary: Routing daemon
 License: GPLv2+
 URL: http://www.frrouting.org
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ Patch0004: 0004-fips-mode.patch
 Patch0005: 0005-ospf-api.patch
 Patch0006: 0006-graceful-restart.patch
 Patch0007: 0007-cve-2022-37032.patch
+Patch0008: 0008-frr-non-root-user.patch
 
 %description
 FRRouting is free software that manages TCP/IP based routing protocols. It takes
@@ -275,6 +276,9 @@ make check PYTHON=%{__python3}
 %endif
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Nov 28 2022 Michal Ruprich <mruprich@redhat.com> - 8.3.1-5
+- Resolves: #2147522 - It is not possible to run FRR as a non-root user
+
 * Thu Nov 24 2022 Michal Ruprich <mruprich@redhat.com> - 8.3.1-4
 - Resolves: #2144500 - AVC error when reloading FRR with provided reload script