This is the error
[2016-11-30T21:25:35,299][WARN ][o.e.b.ElasticsearchUncaughtExceptionHandler] [] uncaught exception in thread [main]
org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.StartupException: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Unable to access 'path.scripts' (/elasticsearch-5.0. 2/config/scripts)
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:125) ~[elasticsearch-5.0.2.jar:5.0.2]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.execute(Elasticsearch.java:112) ~[elasticsearch-5.0.2.jar:5.0.2]
at org.elasticsearch.cli.SettingCommand.execute(SettingCommand.java:54) ~[elasticsearch-5.0.2.jar:5.0.2]
at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command.java:96) ~[elasticsearch-5.0.2.jar:5.0.2]
at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.main(Command.java:62) ~[elasticsearch-5.0.2.jar:5.0.2]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:89) ~[elasticsearch-5.0.2.jar:5.0.2]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:82) ~[elasticsearch-5.0.2.jar:5.0.2]
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Unable to access 'path.scripts' (/elasticsearch-5.0.2/config/scripts)
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Security.addPath(Security.java:379) ~[elasticsearch-5.0.2.jar:5.0.2]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Security.addFilePermissions(Security.java:251) ~[elasticsearch-5.0.2.jar:5.0.2]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Security.createPermissions(Security.java:215) ~[elasticsearch-5.0.2.jar:5.0.2]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Security.configure(Security.java:121) ~[elasticsearch-5.0.2.jar:5.0.2]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setup(Bootstrap.java:191) ~[elasticsearch-5.0.2.jar:5.0.2]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:291) ~[elasticsearch-5.0.2.jar:5.0.2]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:121) ~[elasticsearch-5.0.2.jar:5.0.2]
... 6 more
Caused by: java.nio.file.AccessDeniedException: /elasticsearch-5.0.2/config/scripts
at sun.nio.fs.UnixException.translateToIOException(UnixException.java:84) ~[?:1.8.0_111]
at sun.nio.fs.UnixException.rethrowAsIOException(UnixException.java:102) ~[?:1.8.0_111]
at sun.nio.fs.UnixException.rethrowAsIOException(UnixException.java:107) ~[?:1.8.0_111]
at sun.nio.fs.UnixFileSystemProvider.createDirectory(UnixFileSystemProvider.java:384) ~[?:1.8.0_111]
at java.nio.file.Files.createDirectory(Files.java:674) ~[?:1.8.0_111]
at java.nio.file.Files.createAndCheckIsDirectory(Files.java:781) ~[?:1.8.0_111]
at java.nio.file.Files.createDirectories(Files.java:767) ~[?:1.8.0_111]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Security.ensureDirectoryExists(Security.java:421) ~[elasticsearch-5.0.2.jar:5.0.2]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Security.addPath(Security.java:377) ~[elasticsearch-5.0.2.jar:5.0.2]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Security.addFilePermissions(Security.java:251) ~[elasticsearch-5.0.2.jar:5.0.2]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Security.createPermissions(Security.java:215) ~[elasticsearch-5.0.2.jar:5.0.2]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Security.configure(Security.java:121) ~[elasticsearch-5.0.2.jar:5.0.2]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setup(Bootstrap.java:191) ~[elasticsearch-5.0.2.jar:5.0.2]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:291) ~[elasticsearch-5.0.2.jar:5.0.2]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:121) ~[elasticsearch-5.0.2.jar:5.0.2]
... 6 more
could any one please help
Thanks in advance