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Hi @kilfoyle, based on the comments in elastic/elastic-agent#4889, elastic/elastic-agent#4888, and elastic/elastic-agent#4887, we should include a section somewhere in this documentation about running Elastic Agent sub-commands using the same user as the one Agent uses when installing itself in --unprivileged mode. For specific suggestions on how to handle this scenario, see elastic/elastic-agent#4889 (comment).

Hi @kilfoyle, based on the comments in elastic/elastic-agent#4889, elastic/elastic-agent#4888, and elastic/elastic-agent#4887, we should include a section somewhere in this documentation about running Elastic Agent sub-commands using the same user as the one Agent uses when installing itself in --unprivileged mode. For specific suggestions on how to handle this scenario, see elastic/elastic-agent#4889 (comment).

Thanks @ycombinator! I've added a prominent warning about this in the "Run Elastic Agent in unprivileged mode` section:

And also a new section on the troubleshooting docs page:

Just for my own reference, updated the Command reference install command syntax and added this description:

Thanks @ycombinator! It seems like we're near the finish line. Do you think there's anything else we should add or change?

Do you think there's anything else we should add or change?

Just #1087 (comment)