# Logstash Error when starting up - EACCES - Permission denied - NUL

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-error-when-starting-up-eacces-permission-denied-nul/219424>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [February 14, 2020, 5:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-error-when-starting-up-eacces-permission-denied-nul/219424 "2020-02-14T17:22:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![peter.tu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/90db22/32.png) [@peter.tu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/peter.tu)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2020, 5:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-error-when-starting-up-eacces-permission-denied-nul/219424/1 "2020-02-14T17:22:31Z")

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When I start logstash, I get the following error: Logstash - java.lang.IllegalStateException: Logstash stopped processing because of an error: (EACCES) Permission denied - NUL

 ![logstashError](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/b/3/b331c7405f1365ddda5126a2eda47fd08587bc8b.png)

It was working fine a couple of days ago, but I started getting that error today. I didn't make any additional configuration changes at all.

Things I've tried:  
-Replacing logstash files with a fresh copy  
-using different versions of logstash (7.6.0)  
-Confirm admin rights  
-tried using different java versions (13 and 11)

I'm not sure what else to do. Any ideas would be great!

Thanks in advance!

Peter

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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:** [March 13, 2020, 5:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-error-when-starting-up-eacces-permission-denied-nul/219424/2 "2020-03-13T17:22:32Z")

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