<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><div>I have Rabbit 2.8.4 running on RHEL5. The installation instructions (<em><a href="http://www.rabbitmq.com/install-rpm.html">http://www.rabbitmq.com/install-rpm.html</a></em>) say:</div><div><em><br></em></div><div><em>Note: </em>The server is set up to run as system user
<span class="code ">rabbitmq</span>.
If you change the location of the Mnesia database or the logs,
you must ensure the files are owned by this user
(and also update the environment variables). </div><div><br></div><div>Is it possible to run as a user other than "rabbitmq"? I am not interested in changing Mnesia at all, unless it is required to change the user. Is re-installation required or can my existing install be salvaged?</div></body></html>