The UNIX agent uses several security modes for various tasks:
Installation security runs as root. This is required to deploy the installation scripts.
System data collection runs as root.
File data collection and automation services run under the user's credentials. Therefore file information is limited by the user's permissions. You can allow file data collection to run as root by setting the flag:
FILE_SEARCH_AS_ROOT=1 in the rsc.conf file.
Automate cannot run beyond the user's permissions and you cannot override this.
