# Issue running elasticsearch

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issue-running-elasticsearch/140200>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [July 16, 2018, 5:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issue-running-elasticsearch/140200 "2018-07-16T17:40:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Nicolas\_Prange](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nicolas_prange/32/33390_2.png) [@Nicolas\_Prange](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nicolas_Prange)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2018, 5:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issue-running-elasticsearch/140200/1 "2018-07-16T17:40:16Z")

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Hello everyone,  
I am installing elasticsearch in ubuntu, but when I follow the steep to run elasticsearch, this happens:  
I enter this cmd:  
/usr/share/elasticsearch$ ./bin/elasticsearch  
I get this error:  
./bin/elasticsearch-env: line 70: /etc/default/elasticsearch: Permission denied

but when I use sudo this happens: /usr/share/elasticsearch$ sudo ./bin/elasticsearch

OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM warning: Option UseConcMarkSweepGC was deprecated in version 9.0 and will likely be removed in a future release.  
[2018-07-16T14:37:09,073][WARN][o.e.b.ElasticsearchUncaughtExceptionHandler] [] uncaught exception in thread [main]  
org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.StartupException: java.lang.RuntimeException: can not run elasticsearch as root  
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:140) ~[elasticsearch-6.3.1.jar:6.3.1]  
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.execute(Elasticsearch.java:127) ~[elasticsearch-6.3.1.jar:6.3.1]  
at org.elasticsearch.cli.EnvironmentAwareCommand.execute(EnvironmentAwareCommand.java:86) ~[elasticsearch-6.3.1.jar:6.3.1]  
at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command.java:124) ~[elasticsearch-cli-6.3.1.jar:6.3.1]  
at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.main(Command.java:90) ~[elasticsearch-cli-6.3.1.jar:6.3.1]  
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:93) ~[elasticsearch-6.3.1.jar:6.3.1]  
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:86) ~[elasticsearch-6.3.1.jar:6.3.1]  
Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: can not run elasticsearch as root  
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.initializeNatives(Bootstrap.java:104) ~[elasticsearch-6.3.1.jar:6.3.1]  
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setup(Bootstrap.java:171) ~[elasticsearch-6.3.1.jar:6.3.1]  
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:326) ~[elasticsearch-6.3.1.jar:6.3.1]  
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:136) ~[elasticsearch-6.3.1.jar:6.3.1]  
... 6 more

What am I doing wrong?

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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 13, 2018, 5:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issue-running-elasticsearch/140200/2 "2018-08-13T17:48:01Z")

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