https://community.splunk.com/t5/Installation/Splunk-installation-with-different-user-than-root/m-p/79909#M1311 <P>Nope, no problems. If you <EM>change</EM> the user of an <EM>existing</EM> Splunk install, you'll have to change ownership (chown, or the Windows equivalent) of all of the files. You'll also want to add the <CODE>--user</CODE> flag to the <CODE>splunk enable boot start</CODE> command.</P> Mon, 07 Jan 2013 18:39:06 GMT sowings 2013-01-07T18:39:06Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Installation/Splunk-installation-with-different-user-than-root/m-p/79908#M1310 <P>I am asking this questuion just based on my curosity. We used to install splunk by the user name root, now will create any problem if I create a username called abc and do login with the user abc and install splunk?</P> Mon, 07 Jan 2013 18:36:16 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Installation/Splunk-installation-with-different-user-than-root/m-p/79908#M1310 Splunk_U 2013-01-07T18:36:16Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Installation/Splunk-installation-with-different-user-than-root/m-p/79909#M1311 <P>Nope, no problems. If you <EM>change</EM> the user of an <EM>existing</EM> Splunk install, you'll have to change ownership (chown, or the Windows equivalent) of all of the files. You'll also want to add the <CODE>--user</CODE> flag to the <CODE>splunk enable boot start</CODE> command.</P> Mon, 07 Jan 2013 18:39:06 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Installation/Splunk-installation-with-different-user-than-root/m-p/79909#M1311 sowings 2013-01-07T18:39:06Z