maldet on Debian 12 not running as non-root user

[da-juan3861]

from conf.maldet
`# Allows non-root users to perform scans. This must be enabled when

using mod_security2 upload scanning or if you want to allow users

to perform scans. When enabled, this will populate 'pub/' with user

owned quarantine, session and temporary paths to facilitate scans.

[ 0 = disabled, 1 = enabled, disabled by default ]

scan_user_access="1"
`

from console:
`$ maldetect-1.6.5/files/maldet -h
Linux Malware Detect v1.6.5
(C) 2002-2023, R-fx Networks [email protected]
(C) 2023, Ryan MacDonald [email protected]
This program may be freely redistributed under the terms of the GNU GPL v2

public scanning is currently disabled (scan_user_access=0), please contact your system administrator to enable scan_user_access in conf.maldet.
`

Am I missing something?