Run as meshtasticd user (not root)

[vidplace7]

DRAFT while I figure out udevhotplug.d for this.

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Pull Request Overview

This PR updates the Meshtastic daemon to run as a dedicated meshtasticd user instead of root.

• init script now chowns the data and config directories and sets the service user to meshtasticd
• bumped PKG_RELEASE to 2 and added USERID metadata in the Makefile

Reviewed Changes

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File	Description
meshtasticd/files/meshtasticd.init	chown data/config dirs and configure procd to use meshtasticd user
meshtasticd/Makefile	incremented release number and specified USERID

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meshtasticd/files/meshtasticd.init:23

• Ensure that the meshtasticd user and group are created (e.g., via package install scripts) before running chown, otherwise the command may fail if the user/group doesn't exist.

chown -R meshtasticd:meshtasticd $DATA_DIR

meshtasticd/files/meshtasticd.init:24

• Similarly, verify that $CONFIG_BASEDIR exists and that the meshtasticd user/group exist before applying chown, to prevent startup errors.

chown -R meshtasticd:meshtasticd $CONFIG_BASEDIR

meshtasticd/Makefile:48

• Add a user-creation step (e.g., adduser/addgroup) in the package install phase so that the USERID variable has effect and avoids installation failures when the user is missing.

USERID:=meshtasticd:meshtasticd

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