# Logstash error when starting "logstash: no such user"

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-error-when-starting-logstash-no-such-user/51200>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [May 27, 2016, 9:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-error-when-starting-logstash-no-such-user/51200 "2016-05-27T21:31:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![yeaiforgot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/edb3f5/32.png) [@yeaiforgot](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/yeaiforgot)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2016, 9:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-error-when-starting-logstash-no-such-user/51200/1 "2016-05-27T21:31:44Z")

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Hi all!

I'm running ELK on a CentOS 7 server and running into an issue when trying to start Logstash. Belos is some output from Logstash status.

`May 27 14:06:29 x.x.x.com logstash[3896]: id: logstash: no such user`

The only log messages that appear is in /var/log/logstash/logstash.err, shown below, and nothing under logstash.log:

`chroot: invalid user`

Any one have an idea what may be the cause?

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2016, 10:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-error-when-starting-logstash-no-such-user/51200/2 "2016-05-28T10:31:02Z")

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How did you install LS?

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**Author:** ![yeaiforgot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/edb3f5/32.png) [@yeaiforgot](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/yeaiforgot)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2016, 7:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-error-when-starting-logstash-no-such-user/51200/3 "2016-06-04T19:09:06Z")

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Thanks for the reply, but the issue was related to the environment (puppet config) that i'm running ELK.

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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:** [July 6, 2017, 4:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-error-when-starting-logstash-no-such-user/51200/4 "2017-07-06T04:54:31Z")

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Closed on July 6, 2017, 4:54am UTC