Cherry-pick to 5.3: Exempt root owned config files from ownership checker #3696
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* Exempt root owned config files from ownership checker If a config file is owned by root, but the process is running as a non-privileged user the Beat should run. This change exempts root from the ownership test. This makes it possible to drop privileges before executing the beat. * Update changelog entry for the file ownership and permission checker. (cherry picked from commit c10d47a)
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Cherry-pick of PR #3689 to 5.3 branch. Original message:
If a config file is owned by root, but the process is running as a non-privileged user the Beat should run. This change exempts root from the ownership test. This makes it possible to drop privileges before executing the beat.