# Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM warning: Cannot open file logs/gc.log due to Permission denied
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-hotspot-tm-64-bit-server-vm-warning-cannot-open-file-logs-gc-log-due-to-permission-denied/177780
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [April 22, 2019, 12:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-hotspot-tm-64-bit-server-vm-warning-cannot-open-file-logs-gc-log-due-to-permission-denied/177780 "2019-04-22T00:53:56Z")
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### Author:  [@Maesuri\_Fauziah](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Maesuri_Fauziah)
#### Post date: [April 22, 2019, 12:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-hotspot-tm-64-bit-server-vm-warning-cannot-open-file-logs-gc-log-due-to-permission-denied/177780/1 "2019-04-22T00:53:56Z")
I just learned about elasticsearch, and I was confused how to overcome the problems that I am currently experiencing. may I ask for help:menangis::berdoa:
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### Author:  [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [April 22, 2019, 2:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-hotspot-tm-64-bit-server-vm-warning-cannot-open-file-logs-gc-log-due-to-permission-denied/177780/2 "2019-04-22T02:04:24Z")
Welcome!
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### Author:  [@Maesuri\_Fauziah](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Maesuri_Fauziah)
#### Post date: [April 22, 2019, 2:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-hotspot-tm-64-bit-server-vm-warning-cannot-open-file-logs-gc-log-due-to-permission-denied/177780/3 "2019-04-22T02:28:21Z")
Okey thank you😊
Pada tanggal Sen, 22 Apr 2019 09:14, Mark Walkom via Discuss the Elastic Stack [elastic@discoursemail.com](mailto:elastic@discoursemail.com) menulis:
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### Author:  [@Maesuri\_Fauziah](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Maesuri_Fauziah)
#### Post date: [April 22, 2019, 4:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-hotspot-tm-64-bit-server-vm-warning-cannot-open-file-logs-gc-log-due-to-permission-denied/177780/4 "2019-04-22T04:13:58Z")
```
Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.17134.523]
(c) 2018 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\Users\ASUS>cd C:\Program Files\Elastic\Elasticsearch\7.0.0\bin
C:\Program Files\Elastic\Elasticsearch\7.0.0\bin>elasticsearch
[2019-04-22T11:06:12,909][INFO][o.e.e.NodeEnvironment] [LAPTOP-IH21NM4U] using [1] data paths, mounts [[OS (C:)]], net usable_space [172.2gb], net total_space [235.6gb], types [NTFS]
[2019-04-22T11:06:13,018][INFO][o.e.e.NodeEnvironment] [LAPTOP-IH21NM4U] heap size [1.8gb], compressed ordinary object pointers [true]
[2019-04-22T11:06:14,370][INFO][o.e.n.Node] [LAPTOP-IH21NM4U] node name [LAPTOP-IH21NM4U], node ID [P7otjqXgTIOrUiCuCr1xJg]
[2019-04-22T11:06:14,371][INFO][o.e.n.Node] [LAPTOP-IH21NM4U] version[7.0.0], pid[12272], build[unknown/unknown/b7e28a7/2019-04-05T22:55:32.697037Z], OS[Windows 10/10.0/amd64], JVM[Oracle Corporation/Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM/1.8.0_201/25.201-b09]
[2019-04-22T11:06:14,371][INFO][o.e.n.Node] [LAPTOP-IH21NM4U] JVM home [C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_201\jre]
[2019-04-22T11:06:14,372][INFO][o.e.n.Node] [LAPTOP-IH21NM4U] JVM arguments [-XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC, -XX:CMSInitiatingOccupancyFraction=75, -XX:+UseCMSInitiatingOccupancyOnly, -XX:+AlwaysPreTouch, -Xss1m, -Djava.awt.headless=true, -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8, -Djna.nosys=true, -XX:-OmitStackTraceInFastThrow, -Dio.netty.noUnsafe=true, -Dio.netty.noKeySetOptimization=true, -Dio.netty.recycler.maxCapacityPerThread=0, -Dlog4j.shutdownHookEnabled=false, -Dlog4j2.disable.jmx=true, -Djava.io.tmpdir=C:\Users\ASUS\AppData\Local\Temp\elasticsearch, -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError, -XX:HeapDumpPath=data, -XX:ErrorFile=logs/hs_err_pid%p.log, -XX:+PrintGCDetails, -XX:+PrintGCDateStamps, -XX:+PrintTenuringDistribution, -XX:+PrintGCApplicationStoppedTime, -Xloggc:logs/gc.log, -XX:+UseGCLogFileRotation, -XX:NumberOfGCLogFiles=32, -XX:GCLogFileSize=64m, -Xmx1959m, -Xms1959m, -Dio.netty.allocator.type=pooled, -Delasticsearch, -Des.path.home=C:\Program Files\Elastic\Elasticsearch\7.0.0, -Des.path.conf=C:\ProgramData\Elastic\Elasticsearch\config]
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM warning: Cannot open file logs/gc.log due to Permission denied
[2019-04-22T11:07:21,466][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [LAPTOP-IH21NM4U] loaded module [aggs-matrix-stats]
[2019-04-22T11:07:21,467][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [LAPTOP-IH21NM4U] loaded module [analysis-common]
[2019-04-22T11:07:21,467][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [LAPTOP-IH21NM4U] loaded module [ingest-common]
[2019-04-22T11:07:21,469][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [LAPTOP-IH21NM4U] loaded module [ingest-geoip]
[2019-04-22T11:07:21,469][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [LAPTOP-IH21NM4U] loaded module [ingest-user-agent]
[2019-04-22T11:07:21,469][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [LAPTOP-IH21NM4U] loaded module [lang-expression]
[2019-04-22T11:07:21,470][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [LAPTOP-IH21NM4U] loaded module [lang-mustache]
[2019-04-22T11:07:21,470][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [LAPTOP-IH21NM4U] loaded module [lang-painless]
[2019-04-22T11:07:21,471][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [LAPTOP-IH21NM4U] loaded module [mapper-extras]
[2019-04-22T11:07:21,472][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [LAPTOP-IH21NM4U] loaded module [parent-join]
[2019-04-22T11:07:21,472][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [LAPTOP-IH21NM4U] loaded module [percolator]
[2019-04-22T11:07:21,473][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [LAPTOP-IH21NM4U] loaded module [rank-eval]
[2019-04-22T11:07:21,473][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [LAPTOP-IH21NM4U] loaded module [reindex]
[2019-04-22T11:07:21,474][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [LAPTOP-IH21NM4U] loaded module [repository-url]
[2019-04-22T11:07:21,474][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [LAPTOP-IH21NM4U] loaded module [transport-netty4]
[2019-04-22T11:07:21,475][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [LAPTOP-IH21NM4U] loaded module [x-pack-ccr]
[2019-04-22T11:07:21,477][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [LAPTOP-IH21NM4U] loaded module [x-pack-core]
[2019-04-22T11:07:21,477][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [LAPTOP-IH21NM4U] loaded module [x-pack-deprecation]
[2019-04-22T11:07:21,477][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [LAPTOP-IH21NM4U] loaded module [x-pack-graph]
[2019-04-22T11:07:21,478][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [LAPTOP-IH21NM4U] loaded module [x-pack-ilm]
[2019-04-22T11:07:21,478][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [LAPTOP-IH21NM4U] loaded module [x-pack-logstash]
[2019-04-22T11:07:21,478][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [LAPTOP-IH21NM4U] loaded module [x-pack-ml]
[2019-04-22T11:07:21,479][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [LAPTOP-IH21NM4U] loaded module [x-pack-monitoring]
[2019-04-22T11:07:21,479][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [LAPTOP-IH21NM4U] loaded module [x-pack-rollup]
[2019-04-22T11:07:21,479][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [LAPTOP-IH21NM4U] loaded module [x-pack-security]
[2019-04-22T11:07:21,480][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [LAPTOP-IH21NM4U] loaded module [x-pack-sql]
[2019-04-22T11:07:21,480][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [LAPTOP-IH21NM4U] loaded module [x-pack-watcher]
[2019-04-22T11:07:21,484][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [LAPTOP-IH21NM4U] no plugins loaded
```
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### Author:  [@Maesuri\_Fauziah](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Maesuri_Fauziah)
#### Post date: [April 22, 2019, 4:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-hotspot-tm-64-bit-server-vm-warning-cannot-open-file-logs-gc-log-due-to-permission-denied/177780/5 "2019-04-22T04:25:15Z")
can help me?
what is the solution?
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 20, 2019, 4:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-hotspot-tm-64-bit-server-vm-warning-cannot-open-file-logs-gc-log-due-to-permission-denied/177780/6 "2019-05-20T04:25:27Z")
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