# Packet Beat error : You don't have permission to capture on that device

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/packet-beat-error-you-dont-have-permission-to-capture-on-that-device/213587
**Category:** Beats
**Tags:** packetbeat
**Created:** [January 2, 2020, 2:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/packet-beat-error-you-dont-have-permission-to-capture-on-that-device/213587 "2020-01-02T14:29:52Z")
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### Author: ![irobot678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/54ee81/32.png) [@irobot678](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/irobot678)
#### Post date: [January 2, 2020, 2:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/packet-beat-error-you-dont-have-permission-to-capture-on-that-device/213587/1 "2020-01-02T14:29:52Z")

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Hi, i'm using elastic stack of version 7.5.1 with x-pack installed and can't able to run packetbeat and i'm getting the following error :

Please help me solve it.

```
Exiting: Sniffer main loop failed: Error starting sniffer: any: You don't have permission to capture on that device (socket: Operation not permitted)
Exiting: Sniffer main loop failed: Error starting sniffer: any: You don't have permission to capture on that device (socket: Operation not permitted)
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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 30, 2020, 2:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/packet-beat-error-you-dont-have-permission-to-capture-on-that-device/213587/2 "2020-01-30T14:29:53Z")

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