# Metricbeat-god core dump running as non-root user on RHEL 6.0 **URL:** \ **Category:** Beats\ **Tags:** metricbeat\ **Created:** [March 28, 2019, 2:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-god-core-dump-running-as-non-root-user-on-rhel-6-0/174362 "2019-03-28T14:42:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![arunachala](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/arunachala/32/126762_2.png) [@arunachala](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/arunachala)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2019, 2:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-god-core-dump-running-as-non-root-user-on-rhel-6-0/174362/1 "2019-03-28T14:42:25Z")
Hi, I am trying to run metricbeat (version 6.2.3) as a non-root user, but the metricbeat-god is throwing an exception and core dumping. ``` [root@RHEL ~]# /home/test/metricbeat/bin/metricbeat-god -u test -r / -n -p /home/test/var/run/metricbeat.pid -- /home/test/metricbeat/bin/metricbeat -c /home/test/etc/metricbeat/metricbeat.yml -path.home /home/test/metricbeat - path.config /home/test/etc/metricbeat -path.data /home/test/var/lib/metricbeat - path.logs /home/test/var/log/metricbeat/metricbeat.log Floating point exception (core dumped) ``` Anyone else has seen this? Any work around (other than running as root user, obviously) ? Regards, Arun ---
**Author:** ![Kaiyan\_Sheng](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kaiyan_sheng/32/38247_2.png) [@Kaiyan\_Sheng](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Kaiyan_Sheng)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2019, 5:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-god-core-dump-running-as-non-root-user-on-rhel-6-0/174362/2 "2019-04-11T17:45:48Z")
Hi @arunachala, sorry for the late response. This is very interesting. Can I ask why you are using metricbeat-god instead of metricbeat? ---
**Author:** ![arunachala](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/arunachala/32/126762_2.png) [@arunachala](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/arunachala)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2019, 6:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-god-core-dump-running-as-non-root-user-on-rhel-6-0/174362/3 "2019-04-12T06:13:10Z")
Hi Kaiyan, I am NOT specifically using metricbeat-god. The metricbeat init script is using metricbeat-god as a wrapper and uses -u option to start it as a non-root user. Let me know if you need any other info. -Arun ---
**Author:** ![Kaiyan\_Sheng](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kaiyan_sheng/32/38247_2.png) [@Kaiyan\_Sheng](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Kaiyan_Sheng)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2019, 4:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-god-core-dump-running-as-non-root-user-on-rhel-6-0/174362/4 "2019-04-12T16:11:10Z")
Are you following [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/metricbeat/current/metricbeat-starting.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/metricbeat/current/metricbeat-starting.html) to start metricbeat? Sorry I will need more details on your environment, for example what version of Metricbeat, what system are you running it on and ect. ---
**Author:** ![arunachala](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/arunachala/32/126762_2.png) [@arunachala](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/arunachala)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2019, 4:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-god-core-dump-running-as-non-root-user-on-rhel-6-0/174362/5 "2019-04-12T16:40:06Z")
I think it's already mentioned in my first post. I am using metricbeat 6.2.3 version on RHEL 6.0. Let me know if you need any other information. -Arun ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2019, 4:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-god-core-dump-running-as-non-root-user-on-rhel-6-0/174362/6 "2019-05-10T16:40:09Z")
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