# Running dietpi-update and dietpi-launcher as user dietpi

**URL:** https://dietpi.com/forum/t/running-dietpi-update-and-dietpi-launcher-as-user-dietpi/25285
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [15 June 2026 19:00 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/running-dietpi-update-and-dietpi-launcher-as-user-dietpi/25285 "2026-06-15T19:00:31Z")
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### Author: ![dietnoob11](https://dietpi.com/forum/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/e5b9ba/32.png) [@dietnoob11](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/dietnoob11)
#### Post date: [15 June 2026 19:00 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/running-dietpi-update-and-dietpi-launcher-as-user-dietpi/25285/1 "2026-06-15T19:00:31Z")

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Is it okay to run these two commands when logged in as user dietpi or should I run them when logged in as root? If it’s okay to run them as dietpi, should I add sudo before the commands? Thanks.

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### Author: ![Joulinar](https://dietpi.com/forum/user_avatar/dietpi.com/joulinar/32/57_2.png) [@Joulinar](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/Joulinar)
#### Post date: [15 June 2026 19:30 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/running-dietpi-update-and-dietpi-launcher-as-user-dietpi/25285/2 "2026-06-15T19:30:47Z")

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you can use user dietpi, but there you would need to use sudo to gain admin rights.

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### Author: ![Hazcrew](https://dietpi.com/forum/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/ecb155/32.png) [@Hazcrew](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/Hazcrew)
#### Post date: [18 June 2026 07:11 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/running-dietpi-update-and-dietpi-launcher-as-user-dietpi/25285/3 "2026-06-18T07:11:32Z")

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If it helps, to make things slightly easier, I use an alias for ‘sudo dietpi-launcher’ when logged in as dietpi as I’m always forgetting to prefix with sudo.

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### Author: ![MichaIng](https://dietpi.com/forum/user_avatar/dietpi.com/michaing/32/7_2.png) [@MichaIng](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/MichaIng)
#### Post date: [22 June 2026 16:20 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/running-dietpi-update-and-dietpi-launcher-as-user-dietpi/25285/4 "2026-06-22T16:20:39Z")

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Actually, `sudo` is not required anymore since a while. DietPi scripts internally (attempt to) reexec themselves via `sudo`, if required, and not root already. In the console scrollback buffer, you should see a related line:

```console
[INFO] Root privileges required. Retrying with sudo: ...

```

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### Author: ![system](https://dietpi.com/forum/uploads/default/original/1X/7e1021de2213860bce185915ce2c1786e56490ec.png) [@system](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/system)
#### Post date: [20 September 2026 16:20 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/running-dietpi-update-and-dietpi-launcher-as-user-dietpi/25285/5 "2026-09-20T16:20:41Z")

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