# Permission Denied Error starting Elasticsearch 7.3 from RPM installation RedHat 6.7 Linux **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [September 24, 2019, 2:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/permission-denied-error-starting-elasticsearch-7-3-from-rpm-installation-redhat-6-7-linux/200897 "2019-09-24T14:54:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![npm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/73ab20/32.png) [@npm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/npm)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2019, 2:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/permission-denied-error-starting-elasticsearch-7-3-from-rpm-installation-redhat-6-7-linux/200897/1 "2019-09-24T14:54:29Z")
Installed Elasticsearch 7.3 from RPM on RedHat 6.7 machine as root. _sudo rpm --install elasticsearch-7.3.0-x86\_64.rpm_ Attempted to start using the service commands: _root@seismic-an10:/usr/share/elasticsearch\> chkconfig --add elasticsearch_ _root@seismic-an10:/usr/share/elasticsearch\> service elasticsearch start_ And I get this error: _Starting elasticsearch: /usr/share/elasticsearch/bin/elasticsearch-env: line 73: /etc/sysconfig/elasticsearch: Permission denied [FAILED]_ The permissions of my /etc/sysconfig/elasticsearch file are as follows: _-rw-rw----. 1 root elasticsearch 1613 Jun 20 12:04 elasticsearch_ Nothing in the log files: _root@seismic-an10:/var/log/elasticsearch\> ls -la_ _total 8_ _drwxr-s---. 2 elasticsearch elasticsearch 4096 Jun 20 12:04 ._ _drwxr-xr-x. 17 root root 4096 Sep 24 10:33 .._ What am I doing wrong? ---
**Author:** ![rugenl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rugenl/32/12887_2.png) [@rugenl](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rugenl)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2019, 4:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/permission-denied-error-starting-elasticsearch-7-3-from-rpm-installation-redhat-6-7-linux/200897/2 "2019-09-24T16:20:11Z")
Services have probably moved to systemctl, iirc, there is some integration with the old chkconfig and system commands, but maybe not enough. Try "systemctl start elasticsearch" to start it and "systemctl enable elasticsearch" to have it start at reboot. ---
**Author:** ![npm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/73ab20/32.png) [@npm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/npm)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2019, 4:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/permission-denied-error-starting-elasticsearch-7-3-from-rpm-installation-redhat-6-7-linux/200897/3 "2019-09-24T16:30:51Z")
This machine is running RedHat 6.7 and does not use the systemctl command to start and stop instances. The preferred method is to use the "service start/status/stop" command ---
**Author:** ![npm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/73ab20/32.png) [@npm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/npm)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2019, 4:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/permission-denied-error-starting-elasticsearch-7-3-from-rpm-installation-redhat-6-7-linux/200897/4 "2019-09-24T16:33:53Z")
I was able to get elasticsearch to start, but had to change permissions for 5 files: under /etc/elasticsearch: -rw-rw-r--. 1 root elasticsearch 199 Sep 24 10:33 elasticsearch.keystore -rw-rw-r--. 1 root elasticsearch 2847 Jun 20 12:04 elasticsearch.yml -rw-rw-r--. 1 root elasticsearch 3596 Jun 20 12:04 jvm.options -rw-rw-r--. 1 root elasticsearch 17170 Jun 20 12:04 log4j2.properties under /etc/sysconfig: -rw-rw-r--. 1 root elasticsearch 1613 Jun 20 12:04 elasticsearch not sure why giving read permission to "other" works here. ---
**Author:** ![rugenl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rugenl/32/12887_2.png) [@rugenl](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rugenl)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2019, 4:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/permission-denied-error-starting-elasticsearch-7-3-from-rpm-installation-redhat-6-7-linux/200897/5 "2019-09-24T16:37:07Z")
Oops, I misread the RedHat verison. 7 came out in 2014, don't see much 6.x anymore. In ps or something, what user shows for elasticsearch? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2019, 4:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/permission-denied-error-starting-elasticsearch-7-3-from-rpm-installation-redhat-6-7-linux/200897/6 "2019-10-22T16:37:10Z")
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