# Filebeat.yml must be owned by the beat user (uid=0) or root

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-yml-must-be-owned-by-the-beat-user-uid-0-or-root/82899>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [April 19, 2017, 1:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-yml-must-be-owned-by-the-beat-user-uid-0-or-root/82899 "2017-04-19T13:57:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![dulman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ea924/32.png) [@dulman](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dulman)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2017, 1:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-yml-must-be-owned-by-the-beat-user-uid-0-or-root/82899/1 "2017-04-19T13:57:50Z")

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Hello,

why as of filebeat 5.3.0 filebeat.yml must be owned by the beat user (uid=0) or root?

> filebeat2017/04/19 13:51:05.725413 beat.go:339: CRIT Exiting: error loading config file: config file ("/home/elastic/filebeat/filebeat.yml") must be owned by the beat user (uid=0) or root  
> Exiting: error loading config file: config file ("/home/elastic/filebeat/filebeat.yml") must be owned by the beat user (uid=0) or root

Why it is not enough for filebeat to have a read permission? (As it was enough under version e.g. 5.0.1)

Best regards

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**Author:** ![andrewkroh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/andrewkroh/32/3784_2.png) [@andrewkroh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/andrewkroh)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2017, 3:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-yml-must-be-owned-by-the-beat-user-uid-0-or-root/82899/2 "2017-04-19T15:08:18Z")

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Please see [Config File Ownership and Permissions](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/libbeat/5.3/config-file-permissions.html).

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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:** [May 17, 2017, 3:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-yml-must-be-owned-by-the-beat-user-uid-0-or-root/82899/3 "2017-05-17T15:10:55Z")

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