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-apps.plugin needs privileges
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+ apps.plugin needs privileges
+
+ Since you have installed netdata as a normal user, to have apps.plugin collect
+ all the needed data, you have to give it the access rights it needs, by running
+ either of the following sets of commands:
+
+ To run apps.plugin with escalated capabilities:
+
+ sudo chown root:${NETDATA_USER} "${NETDATA_PREFIX}/usr/libexec/netdata/plugins.d/apps.plugin"
+ sudo chmod 0750 "${NETDATA_PREFIX}/usr/libexec/netdata/plugins.d/apps.plugin"
+ sudo setcap cap_dac_read_search,cap_sys_ptrace+ep "${NETDATA_PREFIX}/usr/libexec/netdata/plugins.d/apps.plugin"