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+title: Ownership
+parent: FAQ
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+
+# Which user owns the installed plugins?
+
+If you run `./configure` `--with-user=nagios`, then at `make` `install` time,
+the installation will set the ownership of the plugins to the nagios user
+(similarly for `--with-group`).  If these options are not set, the plugins
+will be installed with the install user's owner and group permissions - it is
+your responsibility to set other permissions, if required.
+
+The only exception are root plugins.  These are under `plugins-root/` and are
+also installed with the install user's owner and group permissions.
+
+If you run:
+
+    make install-root
+
+This will set permissions to root, assuming you are either root or using
+fakeroot.  If not, the setuid bit is still set, but the plugin may not work
+correctly.  This is the behaviour used by coreutils for the `su` binary and is
+duplicated in this project.
+
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