# Error while starting Kibana

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-while-starting-kibana/92216>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [July 7, 2017, 7:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-while-starting-kibana/92216 "2017-07-07T07:18:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![Prateek\_Kshtriya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c37758/32.png) [@Prateek\_Kshtriya](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Prateek_Kshtriya)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2017, 7:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-while-starting-kibana/92216/1 "2017-07-07T07:18:07Z")

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Hi All,

I am getting below error while trying to start kibana on command line-

E:\ELK\kibana-5.4.2-windows-x86\bin\>kibana  
fs.js:641  
return binding.open(pathModule.\_makeLong(path), stringToFlags(flags), mode);  
^

Error: EPERM: operation not permitted, open 'E:\ELK\kibana-5.4.2-windows-x86\opt  
imize.babelcache.json'  
at Error (native)  
at Object.fs.openSync (fs.js:641:18)  
at Object.fs.writeFileSync (fs.js:1347:33)  
at save (E:\ELK\kibana-5.4.2-windows-x86\node\_modules\babel-register\lib\cac  
he.js:45:16)  
at \_combinedTickCallback (internal/process/next\_tick.js:73:7)  
at process.\_tickCallback (internal/process/next\_tick.js:104:9)  
at Module.runMain (module.js:606:11)  
at run (bootstrap\_node.js:393:7)  
at startup (bootstrap\_node.js:150:9)  
at bootstrap\_node.js:508:3

Please suggest.

Regards,  
Prateek

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**Author:** ![timroes](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/timroes/32/19712_2.png) [@timroes](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/timroes)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2017, 5:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-while-starting-kibana/92216/2 "2017-07-07T17:12:57Z")

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Hi,

Does the user you are using to stay kibana have write permissions on the kibana directory? This looks like the write permission is missing for that user.

Regards  
Tim

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2017, 5:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-while-starting-kibana/92216/3 "2017-08-04T17:13:40Z")

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