# Should I make any chown to elasticsearch

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/should-i-make-any-chown-to-elasticsearch/238547>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [June 24, 2020, 6:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/should-i-make-any-chown-to-elasticsearch/238547 "2020-06-24T18:58:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![azteker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/aca169/32.png) [@azteker](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/azteker)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 6:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/should-i-make-any-chown-to-elasticsearch/238547/1 "2020-06-24T18:58:58Z")

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Now the /etc/elasticsearch is root.root, and /var/data/elasticsearch and /var/log/elasticsearch are elasticsearch.elasticsearch. Is this correct?

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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:** [June 24, 2020, 9:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/should-i-make-any-chown-to-elasticsearch/238547/2 "2020-06-24T21:59:35Z")

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Yes, don't change those.

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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 22, 2020, 9:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/should-i-make-any-chown-to-elasticsearch/238547/3 "2020-07-22T21:59:39Z")

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