From addb16b6b067cd3491c2659280e53108d1ded363cdbb7b7372439c6d492fb474 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: localhorst <localhorst@mosad.xyz>
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2026 18:09:03 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] change user

---
 README.md                       | 6 +++---
 vw-eu-data-act-exporter.service | 4 ++--
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3ddb162..61fe7c6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -68,9 +68,9 @@ extended.
 ## Installation (systemd)
 
 ```bash
-# 1. Create directory + user
+# 1. Create directory + user (the "prometheus" system user is typically
+#    already present if Prometheus itself is installed on this host)
 sudo mkdir -p /opt/vw-eu-data-act-exporter
-sudo useradd --system --no-create-home --shell /usr/sbin/nologin vw-exporter
 
 # 2. Copy files
 sudo cp vw-eu-data-act-exporter.py config.py requirements.txt /opt/vw-eu-data-act-exporter/
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ sudo /opt/vw-eu-data-act-exporter/venv/bin/pip install -r /opt/vw-eu-data-act-ex
 sudo nano /opt/vw-eu-data-act-exporter/config.py
 
 # 5. Permissions (config.py contains the VW account password in plain text)
-sudo chown -R vw-exporter:vw-exporter /opt/vw-eu-data-act-exporter
+sudo chown -R prometheus:prometheus /opt/vw-eu-data-act-exporter
 sudo chmod 600 /opt/vw-eu-data-act-exporter/config.py
 
 # 6. Install systemd unit
diff --git a/vw-eu-data-act-exporter.service b/vw-eu-data-act-exporter.service
index 340a994..8cdf2e1 100644
--- a/vw-eu-data-act-exporter.service
+++ b/vw-eu-data-act-exporter.service
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ Wants=network-online.target
 
 [Service]
 Type=simple
-User=vw-exporter
-Group=vw-exporter
+User=prometheus
+Group=prometheus
 WorkingDirectory=/opt/vw-eu-data-act-exporter
 ExecStart=/opt/vw-eu-data-act-exporter/venv/bin/python3 /opt/vw-eu-data-act-exporter/vw-eu-data-act-exporter.py
 Restart=on-failure