# Need for Privileged LXC and Containers will be blocker to adoption for Frigate users

**URL:** https://community.memryx.com/t/need-for-privileged-lxc-and-containers-will-be-blocker-to-adoption-for-frigate-users/219
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**Created:** [June 12, 2026, 6:32pm UTC](https://community.memryx.com/t/need-for-privileged-lxc-and-containers-will-be-blocker-to-adoption-for-frigate-users/219 "2026-06-12T18:32:23Z")
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### Author: ![samwathegreat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d6d6ee/32.png) [@samwathegreat](https://community.memryx.com/u/samwathegreat)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2026, 5:50pm UTC](https://community.memryx.com/t/need-for-privileged-lxc-and-containers-will-be-blocker-to-adoption-for-frigate-users/219/2 "2026-06-19T17:50:52Z")

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You don’t need privileged. If you look at the official thread on privileged lxc (PROXMOX), you will see my comment explaining how to make it work unprivileged. It’s pretty simple - only a couple changes from the instructions. I can’t advise for TrueNAS (I don’t use it). But my solution works fine for proxmox unprivileged lxc and I’ve been using it since the day I made that comment.

> [@Frigate with MemryX on Proxmox LXC](https://community.memryx.com/t/frigate-with-memryx-on-proxmox-lxc/206):
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> Introduction This guide is intended for Frigate users interested in integrating the MemryX detector into Proxmox-hosted Linux containers (LXCs). Follow along to create your LXC in Proxmox and enable passthrough for the MemryX detector. Proxmox Host Setup To begin, you will need to install the MemryX drivers on the Proxmox host. Please follow the instructions on the [Developer Hub](https://developer.memryx.com/2p1/get_started/install_runtime.html) to install SDK 2.1 drivers until steps 1 through 6 have been completed. Create a Privileged LXC Use pct to create a p…

Good luck!

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