shibboleth RPM and "/etc/init.d/shibd"

[Sami Silén]

Hi,

I was wondering is there a reason why shibd init script is specified as a replaceable file in a rpm or is there better workaround for my problem?
As far as I have understood, in the "/etc/httpd/conf.d/shib.conf" we shouldn't configure anything. For own configurations we should use own file on that directory including our specific shibboleth configurations, this way we prevent problems with upgrades (file can be replaced with file from RPM).
But is there some way to prevent this same problem with "/etc/init.d/shibd" script. In our situation we're not running shibd process under root ownership, we're using different user. After each upgrade ownership changes back to root and then we have to go thru all service providers and fix them. If this situation wouldn't exist, upgrading would happen nicely and quite transparent. Am I doing something wrong?

Regards
// Sami
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