# java.io.FileNotFoundException: /var/log/elasticsearch/elasticsearch\_deprecation.log (Permission denied)

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-io-filenotfoundexception-var-log-elasticsearch-elasticsearch-deprecation-log-permission-denied/210928>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [December 6, 2019, 6:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-io-filenotfoundexception-var-log-elasticsearch-elasticsearch-deprecation-log-permission-denied/210928 "2019-12-06T18:43:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![spottedmahn](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/spottedmahn/32/58962_2.png) [@spottedmahn](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spottedmahn)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2019, 6:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-io-filenotfoundexception-var-log-elasticsearch-elasticsearch-deprecation-log-permission-denied/210928/1 "2019-12-06T18:43:43Z")

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I'm trying to follow this [getting started guide](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/deb.html#deb-repo) on [WSL](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-win10) running Debian but I'm receiving the following error on `sudo -i service elasticsearch start`:

> mdepouw@blah:/$ sudo -i service elasticsearch start  
> [....] Starting Elasticsearch Server:OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM warning: Option UseConcMarkSweepGC was deprecated in version 9.0 and will likely be removed in a future release.  
> 2019-12-06 13:35:01,917 main ERROR RollingFileManager (/var/log/elasticsearch/elasticsearch\_deprecation.log) java.io.FileNotFoundException: /var/log/elasticsearch/elasticsearch\_deprecation.log (Permission denied) java.io.FileNotFoundException: /var/log/elasticsearch/elasticsearch\_deprecation.log (Permission denied)  
> at java.base/java.io.FileOutputStream.open0(Native Method)  
> at java.base/java.io.FileOutputStream.open(FileOutputStream.java:292)  
> at java.base/java.io.FileOutputStream.(FileOutputStream.java:235)  
> at java.base/java.io.FileOutputStream.(FileOutputStream.java:156)  
> at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.rolling.RollingFileManager$RollingFileManagerFactory.createManager(RollingFileManager.java:640)  
> at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.rolling.RollingFileManager$RollingFileManagerFactory.createManager(RollingFileManager.java:608)

It proceeds to print a bunch of other errors...

The guide had me install Elastic Search via `apt-get`. I'm running SysV.

Did I miss a step? Is WSL somehow different in this instance?

How do I fix this? 😀

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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:** [January 3, 2020, 6:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-io-filenotfoundexception-var-log-elasticsearch-elasticsearch-deprecation-log-permission-denied/210928/2 "2020-01-03T18:43:52Z")

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