It's bad practice to run things as root that don't need to, there's a while bunch of security concerns there.
On 29 April 2015 at 20:58, <phani.nadimi...@goktree.com> wrote: > Hi All, > > i have small question can we install elasticsearch with out creating > elastic search user in linux systems.I installed as root user servers are > up and running my doubt is do we have any problems with root user > installation rather than elasticsearch. > > > Thanks, > phani > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to elasticsearch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/970083d1-d205-4838-9b50-2995e9e44e29%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/970083d1-d205-4838-9b50-2995e9e44e29%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to elasticsearch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAEYi1X9j_658bct1Q8tw8Nd%2BoNOZ%3D%3DycjL3MqKVGL6Qgu_9zfQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
