# Running pmm agent as non-root

**URL:** <https://forums.percona.com/t/running-pmm-agent-as-non-root/7293>\
**Category:** PMM 1.x\
**Created:** [November 12, 2019, 8:41am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/running-pmm-agent-as-non-root/7293 "2019-11-12T08:41:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![elshamouty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@elshamouty](https://forums.percona.com/u/elshamouty)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2019, 8:41am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/running-pmm-agent-as-non-root/7293/1 "2019-11-12T08:41:18Z")

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Hello All,

I have been using PMM for a while now, and I am wondering if it is possible to run pmm-agent as a non privileged user on monitored hosts? It runs as root by default and this is imposing some problems with security.

Would love to hear your experience on this.