Run Linux “motion” app as user

I'm trying to run Motion app on a Linux box.

For various security reasons, I'd rather run it as regular user than sudo. However, when I run "service motion start" without the sudo in front, it says:

Code:

chown: changing ownership of `/var/run/motion': Operation not permitted

Googling doesn't seem to yield any results relevant to this situation.

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