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  • SOS does not recommend to run the JS7 Agent as root (for Unix) or as Administrator (for Windows).
    • In fact the Agent can be operated with administrative privileges which leverages switching to any user account without specifying a password if jobs should be executed for a different user account.
    • However, in compliance-aware environments this is considered an unwanted risk and in any other environments this simply is a bad idea.
  • For Windows the JS7 Agent can switch to a different user account in a compliant way, see JobScheduler Universal Agent JS7 - Running jobs as a different user.
  • For Unix use of sudo is recommended.

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