# Install issues when not root

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-issues-when-not-root/16538>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [June 14, 2014, 1:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-issues-when-not-root/16538 "2014-06-14T13:13:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2014, 3:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-issues-when-not-root/16538/4 "2014-06-14T15:28:59Z")

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> [@trident](#):
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> It looks like it works if you bootstrap while fully logged in as root; and not if you escalate via sudo. If you go the sudo route, it tries to create a key for the non-root user but never copies it over.

@techapj can you repro this? If so we should fix the installer.

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