Custom Plugin - which user/access rights are used to execute the plugin on Linux?

[koen_derkindere]

When a custom plugin (running a command) is executed, which user / access rights are used by the agent?

I need the number of open files for a specific process, but the user that runs the custom plugin returns 0. I'm assuming due to missing permissions. If I try this directly on the host with the root, I get a specific value.

Any thoughts on how to handle this would be much appreciated.

[Julius_Loman · Accepted solution]

If I remember that correctly, it's executed by the oneagentplugin process. This process runs as the non-privileged user (defaults to dtuser if not specified otherwise at oneagent installation time).