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  1. Jenkins
  2. JENKINS-57992

QueueItemAuthenticatorMonitor.blurb is confusing for Windows users

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    • Resolution: Fixed
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    • core
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    • Jenkins 2.181

      https://github.com/jenkinsci/jenkins/blob/5562b2fec6428b730a7b88ad6390a7ed741ba792/core/src/main/resources/jenkins/security/QueueItemAuthenticatorMonitor/message.properties#L1

      blurb = Builds in Jenkins run as the virtual SYSTEM user with full permissions by default. \ 

       

      On Windows, there's a SYSTEM account. Usually, users create per task accounts, e.g. a Jenkins account, and run services with those accounts.

      Because the Windows SYSTEM account (and is the equivalent of Unix root), it's very confusing to see a warning as the current warning displays.

            jsoref Josh Soref
            jsoref Josh Soref
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