Is it recommended to install Magento using an unprivileged user account?

[onetech_it]

For security purposes, is it recommended to create an unprivileged user on Linux (i.e 'magento:magento') and install Magento 2.x under that user, so that the service runs under a user account that has no login privileges?

[Damian Culotta]

Hi @onetech_it,

Short answer: Yes.

If you need more details maybe you can check this link from the documentation: https://devdocs.magento.com/guides/v2.2/install-gde/install-quick-ref.html