Can OpenFire 3.7.1 be installed and run as non-root account?

Openfire Openfire Support
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Hello Support,

Can OpenFire 3.7.1 be installed and run as non-root account?

Steps to replicate;

  1. Log into the system as Non-root user

  2. Install Openfire

  3. Now start OpenFire services.

  4. We get an error message that the services need to be run as root

Best Regards,

John Joseph

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The startup scripts do a su to run Openfire as a non-root user (typically jive, or openfire). If you want to do everything non-root, you will need to modify the startup scripts.

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