# Running crowdsec as non-root user in Docker?

**URL:** <https://discourse.crowdsec.net/t/running-crowdsec-as-non-root-user-in-docker/2021>\
**Category:** crowdsec\
**Created:** [September 18, 2024, 7:15pm UTC](https://discourse.crowdsec.net/t/running-crowdsec-as-non-root-user-in-docker/2021 "2024-09-18T19:15:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![Molt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/51bf81/32.png) [@Molt](https://discourse.crowdsec.net/u/Molt)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2025, 7:02am UTC](https://discourse.crowdsec.net/t/running-crowdsec-as-non-root-user-in-docker/2021/3 "2025-09-15T07:02:42Z")

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@isdnfan, how do you cope with the contents of `/var/lib/crowdsec/data/`

```auto
crowdsec | time=“2025-09-15T07:01:01Z” level=error msg=“open /var/lib/crowdsec/data/rdns_seo_bots.txt: permission denied”
crowdsec | time=“2025-09-15T07:01:01Z” level=error msg=“open /var/lib/crowdsec/data/rdns_seo_bots.regex: permission denied”
crowdsec | time=“2025-09-15T07:01:01Z” level=error msg=“open /var/lib/crowdsec/data/ip_seo_bots.txt: permission denied”

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