How to execute Agent2 Zabbix as root

[ocarlossouza]

I need to run my agent with root privileges to read restricted files, on some servers where I have RHEL7 or higher installed I can run it perfectly through systemctl - However, on older systems where systemctl does not exist I have not yet found how to resolve this situation .

Here is the link I used for the procedure:

https://www.zabbix.com/documentation/current/en/manual/appendix/install/run_agent_as_root

[ocarlossouza]

Solved
edit: /etc/init.d/zabbix-agent
old: daemon $exec -c $conf
new: daemon --user=root $exec -c $conf

necessary restart the service after