# Start Elasticsearch with root user
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/start-elasticsearch-with-root-user/180816
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [May 13, 2019, 12:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/start-elasticsearch-with-root-user/180816 "2019-05-13T12:59:44Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@shah.ravi52](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/shah.ravi52)
#### Post date: [May 13, 2019, 12:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/start-elasticsearch-with-root-user/180816/1 "2019-05-13T12:59:44Z")
Hi,
I have installed elasticsearch 6.5.4 and I am just trying to start elasticsearch with root user. Unfortunately, It is not getting started.
I went through a few of the questions posted in forums, It says that it cannot start with the root user. Is that an expected behavior?
Thanks,
Ravi
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### Author:  [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)
#### Post date: [May 13, 2019, 1:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/start-elasticsearch-with-root-user/180816/2 "2019-05-13T13:17:50Z")
Yes, [that is expected](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/6.7/modules-scripting-security.html#_do_not_run_as_root). You can not run Elasticsearch as root by design.
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### Author:  [@shah.ravi52](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/shah.ravi52)
#### Post date: [May 13, 2019, 2:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/start-elasticsearch-with-root-user/180816/3 "2019-05-13T14:00:41Z")
Ok Thanks.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2019, 2:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/start-elasticsearch-with-root-user/180816/4 "2019-06-10T14:00:44Z")
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