Aneela, Jeff is correct. This is an intentional check. Services should not be run as root as this can result in security issues. Kevin.
From: Jeffrey Rodriguez Reply-To: "[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>" Date: Sunday, August 2, 2015 at 8:52 PM To: "[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>" Subject: Re: Start Gateway issue Hi Aneela running services as non root is more secure. it is very common for services to run as non root like web servers, databases, etc. Regards, Jeff Rodriguez On Sunday, August 2, 2015, Aneela Saleem <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Hi all, When i try to start gateway as root, i get the following exception: gateway must not be run as root Even if knox was downloaded and installed by the root. What is the issue here?
