# Rights elasticsearch

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rights-elasticsearch/136299>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [June 18, 2018, 11:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rights-elasticsearch/136299 "2018-06-18T11:41:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![asalma](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/asalma/32/32199_2.png) [@asalma](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/asalma)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2018, 11:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rights-elasticsearch/136299/1 "2018-06-18T11:41:41Z")

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Please I have this erros :

```auto
 [2018-06-18T11:53:48,018][WARN][o.e.b.ElasticsearchUncaughtExceptionHandler] [] uncaught exception in thread [main]
org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.StartupException: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Unable to access 'path.data' (/data/elasticsearch)
        at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:136) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.10.jar:5.6.10]
        at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.execute(Elasticsearch.java:123) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.10.jar:5.6.10]
        at org.elasticsearch.cli.EnvironmentAwareCommand.execute(EnvironmentAwareCommand.java:70) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.10.jar:5.6.10]
        at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command.java:134) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.10.jar:5.6.10]
        at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.main(Command.java:90) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.10.jar:5.6.10]
        at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:91) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.10.jar:5.6.10]
        at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:84) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.10.jar:5.6.10]
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Unable to access 'path.data' (/data/elasticsearch)
        at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Security.addPath(Security.java:450) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.10.jar:5.6.10]
        at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Security.addFilePermissions(Security.java:291) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.10.jar:5.6.10]
        at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Security.createPermissions(Security.java:246) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.10.jar:5.6.10]
        at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Security.configure(Security.java:119) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.10.jar:5.6.10]
        at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setup(Bootstrap.java:228) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.10.jar:5.6.10]
        at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:342) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.10.jar:5.6.10]
        at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:132) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.10.jar:5.6.10]
        ... 6 more
Caused by: java.nio.file.AccessDeniedException: /data/elasticsearch
        at sun.nio.fs.UnixException.translateToIOException(UnixException.java:84) ~[?:1.8.0_171]
        at sun.nio.fs.UnixException.rethrowAsIOException(UnixException.java:102) ~[?:1.8.0_171]
        at sun.nio.fs.UnixException.rethrowAsIOException(UnixException.java:107) ~[?:1.8.0_171]
        at sun.nio.fs.UnixFileSystemProvider.createDirectory(UnixFileSystemProvider.java:384) ~[?:1.8.0_171]
        at java.nio.file.Files.createDirectory(Files.java:674) ~[?:1.8.0_171]
        at java.nio.file.Files.createAndCheckIsDirectory(Files.java:781) ~[?:1.8.0_171]
        at java.nio.file.Files.createDirectories(Files.java:767) ~[?:1.8.0_171]
        at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Security.ensureDirectoryExists(Security.java:492) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.10.jar:5.6.10]
        at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Security.addPath(Security.java:448) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.10.jar:5.6.10]
        at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Security.addFilePermissions(Security.java:291) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.10.jar:5.6.10]
        at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Security.createPermissions(Security.java:246) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.10.jar:5.6.10]
        at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Security.configure(Security.java:119) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.10.jar:5.6.10]
        at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setup(Bootstrap.java:228) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.10.jar:5.6.10]
        at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:342) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.10.jar:5.6.10]
        at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:132) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.10.jar:5.6.10]

```

Help please

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2018, 11:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rights-elasticsearch/136299/2 "2018-06-18T11:53:08Z")

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Check that your user can read/write `/data/elasticsearch` dir.

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**Author:** ![asalma](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/asalma/32/32199_2.png) [@asalma](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/asalma)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2018, 12:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rights-elasticsearch/136299/3 "2018-06-18T12:04:38Z")

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```auto
[root@frghcslnetv12 ~]# cd /data
[root@frghcslnetv12 data]# ls -l
total 24
drwxr-x--- 3 elasticsearch elasticsearch 4096 Jun 18 13:36 elasticsearch

```

And :

```auto
drwxrwx---. 5 log-admin log-admin 4096 Jun 18 13:36 data
```

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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 16, 2018, 12:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rights-elasticsearch/136299/4 "2018-07-16T12:04:40Z")

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