Need to explicityly mention why agent is running as a super user (#2811)

* Need to explicityly mention why agent is running as a super user * Update docs/en/ingest-management/elastic-agent/install-elastic-agent.asciidoc Co-authored-by: David Kilfoyle <[email protected]> --------- Co-authored-by: David Kilfoyle <[email protected]>
elastic · Apr 6, 2023 · 423e81b · 423e81b
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 [[elastic-agent-installation]]
 = Install {agent}s
 
-NOTE: You can install only a single {agent} per host.
+NOTE: You can install only a single {agent} per host. Due to the fact that the {agent} may read data sources that 
+are only accessible by a superuser, {agent} will therefore also need to be executed with superuser permissions.
 
 You have a few options for installing and managing an {agent}: