What user does the agent run as?

← Agent

If you installed the agent using our Linux OS packages via yum or apt, then the agent runs as sd-agent. On FreeBSD, Mac and manual installs on Linux, it runs as which ever user you started the agent with.

Agent

  1. Agent config variables - Linux, Mac, FreeBSD
  2. Agent foreground mode
  3. Agent logs
  4. Agent ports
  5. Auto copy templates
  6. Debug mode - Linux, Mac, FreeBSD
  7. Debug mode - Windows
  8. Debug mode - Windows Updater
  9. Deployment using Puppet or Chef
  10. Excessive resource usage: sd-agent
  11. Installing the agent
  12. Missing metrics on SunOS / Joyent
  13. Postback IP address
  14. PostgreSQL monitoring
  15. Proxy support - Linux and FreeBSD
  16. Proxy support - Mac
  17. Proxy support - Windows
  18. Removing the agent
  19. Restarting the agent
  20. Running the agent with a second Python install
  21. Installing the agent on Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012
  22. Security measures
  23. Unable to start agent due to insufficient privileges
  24. Updating the agent
  25. What user does the agent run as?
  26. Installing the agent - V2

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