# Getting Exception in thread "main" java.nio.file.AccessDeniedException:

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-exception-in-thread-main-java-nio-file-accessdeniedexception/144134>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [August 13, 2018, 9:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-exception-in-thread-main-java-nio-file-accessdeniedexception/144134 "2018-08-13T09:34:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kaustav\_Gupta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/13edae/32.png) [@Kaustav\_Gupta](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Kaustav_Gupta)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2018, 9:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-exception-in-thread-main-java-nio-file-accessdeniedexception/144134/1 "2018-08-13T09:34:53Z")

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I installed elasticsearch in ubuntu  
elk@elk-virtual-machine:~/Downloads/elasticsearch-6.3.2/bin$ ls  
elasticsearch elasticsearch-keystore.bat elasticsearch-setup-passwords.bat jdk-10.0.2\_linux-x64\_bin.tar.gz  
elasticsearch.bat elasticsearch-migrate elasticsearch-sql-cli x-pack  
elasticsearch-certgen elasticsearch-migrate.bat elasticsearch-sql-cli-6.3.2.jar x-pack-env  
elasticsearch-certgen.bat elasticsearch-plugin elasticsearch-sql-cli.bat x-pack-env.bat  
elasticsearch-certutil elasticsearch-plugin.bat elasticsearch-syskeygen x-pack-security-env  
elasticsearch-certutil.bat elasticsearch-saml-metadata elasticsearch-syskeygen.bat x-pack-security-env.bat  
elasticsearch-croneval elasticsearch-saml-metadata.bat elasticsearch-translog x-pack-watcher-env  
elasticsearch-croneval.bat elasticsearch-service.bat elasticsearch-translog.bat x-pack-watcher-env.bat  
elasticsearch-env elasticsearch-service-mgr.exe elasticsearch-users  
elasticsearch-env.bat elasticsearch-service-x64.exe elasticsearch-users.bat  
elasticsearch-keystore elasticsearch-setup-passwords jdk-10.0.2

as i cannot start es in root i switched to user ubuntu

elk@elk-virtual-machine:~/Downloads/elasticsearch-6.3.2/bin$ ./elasticsearch

but then i get Exception in thread "main" java.nio.file.AccessDeniedException: /home/elk/Downloads/elasticsearch-6.3.2/config/jvm.options

any help appreciated

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**Author:** ![Kaustav\_Gupta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/13edae/32.png) [@Kaustav\_Gupta](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Kaustav_Gupta)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2018, 11:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-exception-in-thread-main-java-nio-file-accessdeniedexception/144134/2 "2018-08-13T11:20:10Z")

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solved it with chown ...

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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:** [September 10, 2018, 11:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-exception-in-thread-main-java-nio-file-accessdeniedexception/144134/3 "2018-09-10T11:20:15Z")

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