a.) nova-compute.conf is world readable and root owned. that may not be an issue.
I'm not sure if this is by design, but currently the only flag contained in nova-compute.conf is '--libvirt_type='. nova.conf usually contains credentials for accessing things like the database and messaging queue. I imagine nova-compute.conf could contain credentials for use with certain hypervisors (Xenserver, ie) but currently none of the nova- compute-* packages install anything other than --libvirt- type={kvm,uml,lxc,xen} b.) in the apt output I see: Bug #839796 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/861459 Title: /etc/nova/nova-compute.conf not owned by nova To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nova/+bug/861459/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs