# Failed to create tempfile (/.filebeat.new) for writing: open /.filebeat.new: permission denied **URL:** \ **Category:** Beats\ **Tags:** filebeat\ **Created:** [January 14, 2021, 2:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-create-tempfile-filebeat-new-for-writing-open-filebeat-new-permission-denied/261132 "2021-01-14T14:08:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![prashant\_Rajenderan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/prashant_rajenderan/32/82035_2.png) [@prashant\_Rajenderan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/prashant_Rajenderan)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2021, 2:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-create-tempfile-filebeat-new-for-writing-open-filebeat-new-permission-denied/261132/1 "2021-01-14T14:08:34Z")
I noticed that filebeat agent is not shipping the logs, when I tried restarting the service I found the following error. Also, when I run sudo ./filebeat -e output returns nothing. By looking at the logs "permission denied", I re-checked the file permission for the source route but I still see the issue even after modifying the user permissions and group permissions. Can somebody suggest what could be the root cause for the following? ```auto registrar.go:152: Failed to create tempfile (/.filebeat.new) for writing: open /.filebeat.new: permission denied registrar.go:110: Writing of registry returned error: open /.filebeat.new: permission denied. Continuing.. registrar.go:152: Failed to create tempfile (/.filebeat.new) for writing: open /.filebeat.new: permission denied registrar.go:110: Writing of registry returned error: open /.filebeat.new: permission denied. Continuing.. registrar.go:152: Failed to create tempfile (/.filebeat.new) for writing: open /.filebeat.new: permission denied registrar.go:110: Writing of registry returned error: open /.filebeat.new: permission denied. Continuing.. registrar.go:152: Failed to create tempfile (/.filebeat.new) for writing: open /.filebeat.new: permission denied registrar.go:110: Writing of registry returned error: open /.filebeat.new: permission denied. Continuing.. registrar.go:152: Failed to create tempfile (/.filebeat.new) for writing: open /.filebeat.new: permission denied registrar.go:110: Writing of registry returned error: open /.filebeat.new: permission denied. Continuing.. ``` Filebeat and filebeat.yml is installed in the same location ```auto -rw-r--r-- 1 xyz xyz 814 Jan 7 10:08 filebeat.template.json -rwxr-xr-x 1 xyz xyz 12386344 Jan 7 10:08 filebeat -rw-r--r-- 1 xyz xyz 8992 Jan 7 10:08 filebeat.yml ``` ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2021, 4:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-create-tempfile-filebeat-new-for-writing-open-filebeat-new-permission-denied/261132/2 "2021-02-11T16:08:47Z")
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