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Werk #19910: omd diff: Don't report automated changes to etc/auth.secret

Component Core & setup
Title omd diff: Don't report automated changes to etc/auth.secret
Date May 6, 2026
Level Trivial Change
Class Bug Fix
Compatibility Compatible - no manual interaction needed
Checkmk versions & editions
3.0.0b1
Not yet released
Checkmk Community, Checkmk Pro, Checkmk Ultimate, Checkmk Cloud, Checkmk Ultimate MT

<OMD_ROOT>/etc/auth.secret is programmatically generated on the first login to a site or by an omd update. omd diff is only meant for static, user-modifiable files and therefore reports local modifications to this file on every site that has been logged into at least once. This change removes said file from omd diff output to avoid this confusing output. Another effect of this change is, that the file permissions are now handled by the site directly, which leads to more restrictive permissions of 0600 instead of 0660.

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