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| For all of the Zabbix daemon processes, an unprivileged user is required. If a Zabbix daemon is started from an unprivileged user account, it will run as that user. | For all of the Zabbix daemon processes, an unprivileged user is required. If a Zabbix daemon is started from an unprivileged user account, it will run as that user. | ||
| - | However, if a daemon is started from a 'root' account, it will switch to a 'zabbix' user account, which must be present. To create such a user account (in its own group, "zabbix") on Linux systems, run: | + | However, if a daemon is started from a 'root' account, it will switch to a 'zabbix' user account, which must be present. To create such a user account (in its own group, "zabbix"), |
| - | groupadd zabbix | + | on a RedHat-based system, run: |
| - | useradd -g zabbix zabbix | + | |
| + | groupadd --system zabbix | ||
| + | useradd --system -g zabbix -d /usr/lib/zabbix -s /sbin/nologin -c "Zabbix Monitoring System" zabbix | ||
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| + | on a Debian-based system, run: | ||
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| + | addgroup --system --quiet zabbix | ||
| + | adduser --quiet --system --disabled-login --ingroup zabbix --home /var/lib/zabbix --no-create-home zabbix | ||
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| + | <note important>Zabbix processes do not need a home directory, which is why we do not recommend creating it. However, if you are using some functionality that requires it (e. g. store MySQL credentials in ''$HOME/.my.cnf'') you are free to create it using the following commands.\\ \\ | ||
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| + | On RedHat-based systems, run: | ||
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| + | mkdir -m u=rwx,g=rwx,o= -p /usr/lib/zabbix | ||
| + | chown zabbix:zabbix /usr/lib/zabbix | ||
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| + | On Debian-based systems, run: | ||
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| + | mkdir -m u=rwx,g=rwx,o= -p /var/lib/zabbix | ||
| + | chown zabbix:zabbix /var/lib/zabbix | ||
| + | </note> | ||
| A separate user account is not required for Zabbix frontend installation. | A separate user account is not required for Zabbix frontend installation. | ||
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| + | Entering a name for Zabbix server is optional, however, if submitted, it will be displayed in the menu bar and page titles. | ||
| == Step 5 == | == Step 5 == | ||