# Kibana bootstrap needs sudo access

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-bootstrap-needs-sudo-access/162380>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [December 28, 2018, 9:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-bootstrap-needs-sudo-access/162380 "2018-12-28T21:26:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![atifazad](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/atifazad/32/39259_2.png) [@atifazad](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/atifazad)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2018, 9:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-bootstrap-needs-sudo-access/162380/1 "2018-12-28T21:26:09Z")

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Hello

I setup the development environment on my mac according to guidelines: [https://github.com/atifazad/kibana/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#setting-up-your-development-environment](https://github.com/atifazad/kibana/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#setting-up-your-development-environment)

While I was trying the command  
`yarn kbn bootstrap`, it was generating the error:  
`EPERM: operation not permitted, chmod '/kibana/x-pack/node_modules/.bin/plugin-helpers'`

Although it was fixed with `sudo` but I doubt that it went as expected. As a result I now also need to use `sudo` for `yarn start` command.

Should the `sudo` privileges be needed?

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**Author:** ![Marius\_Dragomir](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/marius_dragomir/32/42087_2.png) [@Marius\_Dragomir](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Marius_Dragomir)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2019, 2:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-bootstrap-needs-sudo-access/162380/2 "2019-01-07T14:58:15Z")

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Sudo privileges should not be needed for this. You may have used them when cloning the repo which could have messed up the local copy. You can try redoing the steps.

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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:** [February 4, 2019, 2:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-bootstrap-needs-sudo-access/162380/3 "2019-02-04T14:58:19Z")

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