Hi, I was trying to run elasticsearch.5.1.1 version in my server and i get the following error: [2016-12-30T15:45:51,714][WARN ][o.e.b.ElasticsearchUncaughtExceptionHandler] uncaught exception in thread [main] org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.StartupException: java.lang.RuntimeException: can not run…

I've not seen that test fail when not running as root before. Are you sure your user change took? If you can reproduce it probably is a bug.

When I try executing it as a non root user, I get the following error: 2016-12-30 16:31:00,462 main ERROR Could not register mbeans java.security.AccessControlException: access denied ("javax.management.MBeanTrustPermission" "register") at java.security.AccessControlContext.checkPermission(Access…

Just to add something: I downloaded .tar.gz version of the elasticsearch... I was able to successfully run and install elasticsearch back in November without any of these issues. Not sure if it something new to Elasticsearch

It looks like the user running elasticsearch can't read the elasticsearch config file. Maybe you unzipped as root and the other user cant read it? I always unzip as the user that will run elasticsearch or use the rpm or Deb.

Hi Nik, I also tried unzipping it as the nonroot user..but still same issue.. In the past, I was able to run elasticsearch as the root user (Back in october - nov). Did they change this recently?

[image] bishaka: Exception in thread "main" SettingsException[Failed to load settings from /opt/Oracle/relk/elasticsearch-5.1.1/config/elasticsearch.yml]; nested: AccessDeniedException[/opt/Oracle/relk/elasticsearch-5.1.1/config/elasticsearch.yml];Likely root cause: java.nio.file.AccessDeniedExc…

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