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Directory and Account Permissions

Directory View

Directory Required Permissions By the Account that Runs the... Notes
FME Server install directory (<FMEServerDir>) Write FME Server Installer  
Read FME Engines
FME Server Web Application Server (<WebAppDir>) Write FME Server Installer Applies only to a Distributed Installation of FME Server.
/opt Write FME Server Installer Applies only to FME Server installed on Linux.
FME Server System Share* Write FME Server Installer For a Distributed Installation of FME Server on Linux, you must create an fmeserver account before installation and assign the necessary permissions. For more information, see Provide a Remote File System for the FME Server System Share.
Read/Write FME Server Core
Read/Write FME Engines (account cannot be an administrator)
Read/Write FME Server Web Application Server
FME Server Database Read/Write FME Engines Applies only to a Distributed Installation of FME Server.
Your organization's data for running workspaces Read/Write FME Engines  

FME Server Component View

FME Server Component Default Account that Runs this Component (Windows) Default Account that Runs this Component (Linux) Required Permissions
FME Server Installer administrator root Write on FME Server install directory
FME Server Core local system fmeserver** Read/Write on FME Server System Share*
FME Engines local system (cannot be changed to an administrator account) fmeserver**

Read/Write on FME Server System Share*

Read on FME Server install directory

Read/Write on FME Server Database

FME Server Web Application Server local system fmeserver** Read/Write on FME Server System Share*
FME Server Database local system fmeserver**  

*The FME Server System Share files include Repositories and Resources. By default, an Express Installation of FME Server writes these files to the path specified by the %ALLUSERSPROFILE% environment variable, which defaults to C:\ProgramData\Safe Software\FME Server\. If your Express Installation of FME Server specified a different directory, or if your FME Server is a Distributed Installation, then these files are written to the directory specified.

**On an Express installations, this account is created by the FME Server Installer during installation. On Distributed installations, you must create this account prior to installation. For more information, see Provide a Remote File System for the FME Server System Share.