# Metricbeat as unprivilleged user with init.d **URL:** \ **Category:** Beats\ **Tags:** metricbeat\ **Created:** [May 27, 2020, 10:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-as-unprivilleged-user-with-init-d/234524 "2020-05-27T10:36:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![asp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@asp](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/asp)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2020, 10:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-as-unprivilleged-user-with-init-d/234524/1 "2020-05-27T10:36:10Z")
Hi, In the past I always installed metricbeat and filebeat with centos 7+ which uses systemd. There I managed to run both beats as unprivileged user. I am much familar with init.d, but I need to install the beats on centos 6.x which use init.d. How can I modify the init scripts or the installation method to run metricbeat as service (automatically starts on boot) and as unprivilleged user? Can you give a hint or solution? Thanks, Andreas ---
**Author:** ![asp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@asp](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/asp)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2020, 2:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-as-unprivilleged-user-with-init-d/234524/2 "2020-05-27T14:32:02Z")
found it. The optional file `/etc/sysconfig/metricbeat` is sourced during the init process. So do the following: - create file `/etc/sysconfig/metricbeat` with content: `BEAT_USER=MY_NON_ROOT_USERNAME` Maybe it helps someone. Regards, Andreas ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 2:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-as-unprivilleged-user-with-init-d/234524/3 "2020-06-24T14:32:04Z")
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