control: forwarded -1 
https://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/python-daemon-devel/2014-July/000054.html
control: retitle -1 python-daemon: Should allow to set supplementary groups for 
daemon process
control: tags -1 - moreinfo + confirmed

On 17-Dec-2014, martin f krafft wrote:
> also sprach Ben Finney <ben+deb...@benfinney.id.au> [2014-12-17 02:13 +0100]:
> > Ah, maybe you're thinking the DaemonContext should call
> > ‘os.initgroups’
> > <URL:file:///usr/share/doc/python-doc/html/library/os.html#os.initgroups>
> > for the target uid and gid?
> 
> Yes, I think this would do it, and I think it would be an
> enhancement to make this optional/configurable, e.g. via a new,
> optional parameter enforce_gid_set=True or
> preserve_user_groups=False.

This request – to set supplementary groups per the target UID's
membership in groups – has been requested upstream. The “forwarded”
URL above discusses it, and a proposed implementation is described in
<URL:https://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/python-daemon-devel/2014-December/000085.html>.

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