diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d6ea721f..a5ab8e32 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -449,6 +449,9 @@ deb: | dist
 		build-deb/usr/lib/snclient \
 		build-deb/usr/bin \
 		build-deb/lib/systemd/system \
+		build-deb/lib/sysusers.d \
+		build-deb/lib/tmpfiles.d \
+		build-deb/etc/sudoers.d \
 		build-deb/etc/logrotate.d \
 		build-deb/usr/share/doc/snclient \
 		build-deb/usr/share/doc/snclient \
@@ -467,6 +470,9 @@ deb: | dist
 	cp ./dist/snclient.ini ./dist/server.crt ./dist/server.key ./dist/cacert.pem ./build-deb/etc/snclient
 	cp -p ./dist/snclient build-deb/usr/bin/snclient
 	cp ./packaging/snclient.service build-deb/lib/systemd/system/
+	cp ./packaging/snclient.sysusers build-deb/lib/sysusers.d/snclient.conf
+	cp ./packaging/snclient.tmpfiles build-deb/lib/tmpfiles.d/snclient.conf
+	cp ./packaging/snclient.sudoers build-deb/etc/sudoers.d/snclient
 	cp ./packaging/snclient.logrotate build-deb/etc/logrotate.d/snclient
 	cp Changes build-deb/usr/share/doc/snclient/Changes
 	dch --empty --create --newversion "$(VERSION)" --package "snclient" -D "UNRELEASED" --urgency "low" -c build-deb/usr/share/doc/snclient/changelog "new upstream release"
@@ -484,6 +490,8 @@ deb: | dist
 	chmod 755 \
 		build-deb/usr/bin/snclient \
 		build-deb/usr/lib/snclient/node_exporter
+	chmod 0750 build-deb/etc/sudoers.d
+	chmod 0440 build-deb/etc/sudoers.d/snclient
 
 	cp -p dist/snclient.1 build-deb/usr/share/man/man1/snclient.1
 	gzip -n -9 build-deb/usr/share/man/man1/snclient.1
@@ -497,6 +505,9 @@ deb: | dist
 rpm: | dist
 	rm -rf snclient-$(VERSION)
 	cp ./packaging/snclient.service dist/
+	cp ./packaging/snclient.sysusers dist/
+	cp ./packaging/snclient.tmpfiles dist/
+	cp ./packaging/snclient.sudoers dist/
 	cp ./packaging/snclient.spec dist/
 	sed -i dist/snclient.spec -e 's|^Version: .*|Version: $(VERSION)|'
 	sed -i dist/snclient.spec -e 's|^BuildArch: .*|BuildArch: $(RPM_ARCH)|'
@@ -531,6 +542,11 @@ apk: | dist
 	cp ./packaging/APKBUILD dist/
 	cp ./packaging/snclient.initd dist/
 	cp ./packaging/snclient.post-install dist/
+	cp ./packaging/snclient.pre-upgrade dist/
+	cp ./packaging/snclient.post-upgrade dist/
+	cp ./packaging/snclient.pre-deinstall dist/
+	cp ./packaging/snclient.post-deinstall dist/
+	cp ./packaging/snclient.sudoers dist/
 	sed -i dist/APKBUILD -e 's|^pkgver=.*|pkgver=$(VERSION)|'
 	sed -i dist/APKBUILD -e 's|^arch=.*|arch=$(RPM_ARCH)|'
 	cp -rp dist snclient-$(VERSION)
diff --git a/packaging/APKBUILD b/packaging/APKBUILD
index 3a082a95..67107ec3 100644
--- a/packaging/APKBUILD
+++ b/packaging/APKBUILD
@@ -6,9 +6,10 @@ pkgdesc="SNClient (Secure Naemon Client) is a general-purpose monitoring agent."
 url="https://github.com/Consol-Monitoring/snclient/"
 arch="all"
 license="MIT"
-depends="openrc logrotate"
+depends="openrc logrotate sudo"
 makedepends=""
-source="snclient snclient.confd server.key server.crt cacert.pem snclient.logrotate README.md LICENSE snclient.1 snclient.8 snclient.initd node_exporter"
+install="$pkgname.post-install $pkgname.pre-upgrade $pkgname.post-upgrade $pkgname.pre-deinstall $pkgname.post-deinstall"
+source="snclient snclient.confd server.key server.crt cacert.pem snclient.logrotate snclient.sudoers README.md LICENSE snclient.1 snclient.8 snclient.initd node_exporter"
 
 package() {
     install -Dm755 "$srcdir/snclient" "$pkgdir/usr/bin/snclient"
@@ -22,6 +23,9 @@ package() {
 
     install -Dm644 "$srcdir/snclient.logrotate" "$pkgdir/etc/logrotate.d/snclient"
 
+    install -dm750 "$pkgdir/etc/sudoers.d"
+    install -Dm440 "$srcdir/snclient.sudoers" "$pkgdir/etc/sudoers.d/snclient"
+
     install -Dm644 "$srcdir/README.md" "$pkgdir/usr/share/doc/$pkgname/README.md"
     install -Dm644 "$srcdir/LICENSE" "$pkgdir/usr/share/licenses/$pkgname/LICENSE"
     install -Dm644 "$srcdir/snclient.1" "$pkgdir/usr/share/man/man1/snclient.1"
@@ -31,5 +35,7 @@ package() {
 
     install -Dm755 "$srcdir/snclient.initd" "$pkgdir/etc/init.d/snclient"
 
-    mkdir -p "$pkgdir/var/log/snclient"
+    # Create directories (ownership set in post-install after user creation)
+    install -dm750 "$pkgdir/var/lib/snclient"
+    install -dm750 "$pkgdir/var/log/snclient"
 }
diff --git a/packaging/debian/conffiles b/packaging/debian/conffiles
index 781968b5..79cc1ff5 100644
--- a/packaging/debian/conffiles
+++ b/packaging/debian/conffiles
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@
 /etc/snclient/server.key
 /etc/snclient/cacert.pem
 /etc/logrotate.d/snclient
+/etc/sudoers.d/snclient
diff --git a/packaging/debian/control b/packaging/debian/control
index 872f4eb5..390a8f0a 100644
--- a/packaging/debian/control
+++ b/packaging/debian/control
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Version: UNSET
 Section: net
 Priority: optional
 Architecture: UNSET
-Depends: logrotate
+Depends: logrotate, systemd
 Standards-Version: 3.9.8
 Suggests: monitoring-plugins-basic
 Maintainer: Sven Nierlein <sven@consol.de>
diff --git a/packaging/debian/postinst b/packaging/debian/postinst
index f8b18607..9ff60fd6 100755
--- a/packaging/debian/postinst
+++ b/packaging/debian/postinst
@@ -13,6 +13,12 @@ case "$1" in
         /etc/snclient/server.crt \
         /etc/snclient/cacert.pem \
         || :
+      if [ -x "/usr/bin/systemd-sysusers" ]; then
+          systemd-sysusers
+      fi
+      if [ -x "/usr/bin/systemd-tmpfiles" ]; then
+          systemd-tmpfiles --create
+      fi
       if [ -x "/usr/bin/deb-systemd-helper" ]; then
         deb-systemd-helper unmask snclient.service
         if deb-systemd-helper --quiet was-enabled snclient.service; then
diff --git a/packaging/snclient.initd b/packaging/snclient.initd
index f7014ca9..b3de181b 100644
--- a/packaging/snclient.initd
+++ b/packaging/snclient.initd
@@ -5,15 +5,20 @@ supervisor="supervise-daemon"
 command="/usr/bin/snclient"
 command_args="--config /etc/snclient/snclient.ini"
 command_args_background="--pidfile ${pidfile} daemon"
-command_user="root:root"
-pidfile="/var/run/snclient.pid"
+command_user="snclient:snclient"
+pidfile="/run/snclient/snclient.pid"
+directory="/var/lib/snclient"
+
+start_pre() {
+    checkpath --directory --owner snclient:snclient --mode 0755 /run/snclient
+}
 
 reload() {
-  ebegin "Reloading acpid configuration"
+  ebegin "Reloading snclient configuration"
   ${supervisor} ${RC_SVCNAME} --signal HUP --pidfile "${pidfile}"
   eend $?
 }
 
 depend() {
     need net
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packaging/snclient.post-deinstall b/packaging/snclient.post-deinstall
index 9296a0e2..9fccdd0d 100644
--- a/packaging/snclient.post-deinstall
+++ b/packaging/snclient.post-deinstall
@@ -2,3 +2,9 @@
 
 # remove leftover additional config files.
 rm -rf /etc/snclient
+rm -rf /var/lib/snclient
+rm -rf /var/log/snclient
+
+# Optionally remove user/group (uncomment if desired)
+# deluser snclient 2>/dev/null || true
+# delgroup snclient 2>/dev/null || true
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packaging/snclient.post-install b/packaging/snclient.post-install
index f32304a4..14b9b6d3 100644
--- a/packaging/snclient.post-install
+++ b/packaging/snclient.post-install
@@ -1,4 +1,22 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
+# Create snclient group if it doesn't exist
+if ! getent group snclient >/dev/null; then
+    addgroup -S snclient
+fi
+
+# Create snclient user if it doesn't exist
+if ! getent passwd snclient >/dev/null; then
+    adduser -S -D -H -h /var/lib/snclient -s /sbin/nologin -G snclient -g "Secure Naemon Client" snclient
+fi
+
+# Create and set permissions on directories
+install -d -m 0755 -o snclient -g snclient /etc/snclient
+install -d -m 0750 -o snclient -g snclient /var/lib/snclient
+install -d -m 0750 -o snclient -g snclient /var/log/snclient
+
+# Fix ownership of config files
+chown -R snclient:snclient /etc/snclient
+
 rc-update -q add snclient default
-rc-service -q snclient start
+rc-service -q snclient start
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packaging/snclient.post-upgrade b/packaging/snclient.post-upgrade
index 93652925..859294b8 100644
--- a/packaging/snclient.post-upgrade
+++ b/packaging/snclient.post-upgrade
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-rc-service -q snclient start
+# Ensure user/group exist (in case of upgrade from old version)
+if ! getent group snclient >/dev/null; then
+    addgroup -S snclient
+fi
+
+if ! getent passwd snclient >/dev/null; then
+    adduser -S -D -H -h /var/lib/snclient -s /sbin/nologin -G snclient -g "Secure Naemon Client" snclient
+fi
+
+# Fix ownership of directories and files
+chown -R snclient:snclient /etc/snclient /var/lib/snclient /var/log/snclient 2>/dev/null || true
+
+rc-service -q snclient restart
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packaging/snclient.service b/packaging/snclient.service
index c8e8b51b..0d20f8cf 100644
--- a/packaging/snclient.service
+++ b/packaging/snclient.service
@@ -4,14 +4,14 @@ After=network.target
 
 [Service]
 Type=simple
-User=root
+User=snclient
+Group=snclient
 
 Restart=on-failure
 RestartSec=10
 
-WorkingDirectory=/
+WorkingDirectory=/var/lib/snclient
 ExecStart=/usr/bin/snclient --config=/etc/snclient/snclient.ini
-ExecStartPre=/bin/mkdir -p /var/log/snclient
 ExecReload=/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID
 
 [Install]
diff --git a/packaging/snclient.spec b/packaging/snclient.spec
index eff1a782..1ec5c47c 100644
--- a/packaging/snclient.spec
+++ b/packaging/snclient.spec
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ URL:           https://github.com/Consol-Monitoring/snclient/
 Source0:       snclient-%{version}.tar.gz
 Group:         Applications/System
 Summary:       Monitoring Agent
-Requires:      logrotate
+Requires:      logrotate, systemd
 
 %description
 SNClient (Secure Naemon Client) is a general purpose monitoring agent designed
@@ -41,6 +41,15 @@ It supports Prometheus, NRPE and a REST API HTTP(s) protocol to run checks.
 %{__mkdir_p} -m 0755 %{buildroot}/lib/systemd/system
 %{__install} -D -m 0644 -p snclient.service %{buildroot}/lib/systemd/system/snclient.service
 
+%{__mkdir_p} -m 0755 %{buildroot}/lib/sysusers.d
+%{__install} -D -m 0644 -p snclient.sysusers %{buildroot}/lib/sysusers.d/snclient.conf
+
+%{__mkdir_p} -m 0755 %{buildroot}/lib/tmpfiles.d
+%{__install} -D -m 0644 -p snclient.tmpfiles %{buildroot}/lib/tmpfiles.d/snclient.conf
+
+%{__mkdir_p} -m 0755 %{buildroot}/etc/sudoers.d
+%{__install} -D -m 0440 -p snclient.sudoers %{buildroot}/etc/sudoers.d/snclient
+
 %{__mkdir_p} -m 0755 %{buildroot}/usr/share/snclient
 %{__install} -D -m 0644 -p README.md LICENSE %{buildroot}/usr/share/snclient
 
@@ -57,11 +66,17 @@ gzip -n -9 %{buildroot}/usr/share/man/man8/snclient.8
 case "$*" in
   1)
     # First installation
+    # create user and files/folders
+    systemd-sysusers
+    systemd-tmpfiles --create
+    # start service
     systemctl --system daemon-reload >/dev/null || true
     systemctl enable snclient.service >/dev/null || true
     systemctl start snclient.service >/dev/null || true
   ;;
   2)
+    # Post upgrade permissions fix
+    systemd-tmpfiles --create
     # Upgrading
     systemctl --system daemon-reload >/dev/null || true
     systemctl try-restart snclient.service >/dev/null || true
@@ -106,8 +121,11 @@ exit 0
 %attr(0755,root,root) /usr/bin/snclient
 %attr(0755,root,root) /usr/lib/snclient/node_exporter
 %attr(0644,root,root) /lib/systemd/system/snclient.service
+%attr(0644,root,root) /lib/sysusers.d/snclient.conf
+%attr(0644,root,root) /lib/tmpfiles.d/snclient.conf
 %dir %config(noreplace) /etc/snclient
 %config(noreplace) %attr(0600,root,root) /etc/snclient/snclient.ini
+%config(noreplace) %attr(0440,root,root) /etc/sudoers.d/snclient
 %config(noreplace) %attr(0600,root,root) /etc/snclient/server.key
 %config(noreplace) %attr(0600,root,root) /etc/snclient/server.crt
 %config(noreplace) %attr(0600,root,root) /etc/snclient/cacert.pem
diff --git a/packaging/snclient.sudoers b/packaging/snclient.sudoers
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7211b8d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packaging/snclient.sudoers
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Defaults:snclient !requiretty
diff --git a/packaging/snclient.sysusers b/packaging/snclient.sysusers
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e8eb47ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packaging/snclient.sysusers
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+g snclient - -
+u snclient - "Secure Naemon Client" /var/lib/snclient
diff --git a/packaging/snclient.tmpfiles b/packaging/snclient.tmpfiles
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6b8ce5b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packaging/snclient.tmpfiles
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+d /etc/snclient 0755 snclient snclient - -
+Z /etc/snclient - snclient snclient - -
+
+d /var/lib/snclient 0750 snclient snclient - -
+Z /var/lib/snclient - snclient snclient - -
+
+d /var/log/snclient 0750 snclient snclient - -
diff --git a/t/40_e2e_deb_linux_test.go b/t/40_e2e_deb_linux_test.go
index 8b2c082b..95cdc68c 100644
--- a/t/40_e2e_deb_linux_test.go
+++ b/t/40_e2e_deb_linux_test.go
@@ -53,6 +53,13 @@ func TestDEBinstaller(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, file := range requiredFiles {
 		require.FileExistsf(t, file, file+" has been installed")
 	}
+	requiredFolders := []string{
+		"/var/lib/snclient",
+		"/var/log/snclient",
+	}
+	for _, folder := range requiredFolders {
+		require.DirExistsf(t, folder, folder+" has been created")
+	}
 
 	runCmd(t, &cmd{
 		Cmd:  "/usr/bin/snclient",
@@ -66,7 +73,7 @@ func TestDEBinstaller(t *testing.T) {
 		Like: []string{`/usr/bin/snclient`, `running`},
 	})
 
-	// add custom .ini
+	// add custom .ini with correct ownership for snclient user
 	runCmd(t, &cmd{
 		Cmd:  "sudo",
 		Args: []string{"touch", localDEBINIPath},
@@ -76,6 +83,14 @@ func TestDEBinstaller(t *testing.T) {
 		Args: []string{"chmod", "666", localDEBINIPath},
 	})
 	writeFile(t, localDEBINIPath, localTestINI)
+	runCmd(t, &cmd{
+		Cmd:  "sudo",
+		Args: []string{"chown", "snclient:snclient", localDEBINIPath},
+	})
+	runCmd(t, &cmd{
+		Cmd:  "sudo",
+		Args: []string{"chmod", "640", localDEBINIPath},
+	})
 	writeFile(t, `snclient.ini`, localDaemonINI)
 
 	runCmd(t, &cmd{
@@ -104,7 +119,11 @@ func TestDEBinstaller(t *testing.T) {
 		Like: []string{"OK - CPU load is ok."},
 	})
 
-	// make logfile readable and check for errors
+	// make logfolder and logfile readable and check for errors
+	runCmd(t, &cmd{
+		Cmd:  "sudo",
+		Args: []string{"chmod", "755", "/var/log/snclient"},
+	})
 	runCmd(t, &cmd{
 		Cmd:  "sudo",
 		Args: []string{"chmod", "666", "/var/log/snclient/snclient.log"},