What package includes the hacluster user?

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Issue

  • What rpm package creates the 'hacluster' user?
  • Do we need the 'hacluster' user account when running a High Availability Cluster?
  • Why when I reinstall the pacemaker or pcs packages do I see the message:
warning: user hacluster does not exist - using root

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HA Add-On
  • Pacemaker

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