Starting mosquitto server without administrator privileges

Mosquitto MQTT Broker
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Hello,

I look for a way to start the mosquitto server directly in “exec” node of node-red but I d’ont know the command to write because when I test with "net start mosquitto " I have a system error 5.
I have the same result if I run this command in command windows without as administrator but if write this command in command windows as admnistrator, it works well. I conclude the error is due to administrator privileges but in this case, is there a specific command to start the broker without administrator privleges?

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Hi Jim,

Using net start mosquitto interacts with the system services, so it’s no real surprise that it requires admin privileges. To start manually, run C:\Program Files\mosquitto\mosquitto.exe -c C:\Program Files\mosquitto\mosquitto.conf

You can of course provide your own path to a config file.

Regards,

Roger