# Unable to start packetbeat

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-start-packetbeat/25676
**Category:** Beats
**Tags:** packetbeat
**Created:** [July 15, 2015, 11:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-start-packetbeat/25676 "2015-07-15T23:30:01Z")
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### Author: ![tudor](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tudor/32/3753_2.png) [@tudor](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tudor)
#### Post date: [August 27, 2015, 1:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-start-packetbeat/25676/12 "2015-08-27T13:30:44Z")

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You'll need to either start the process as root or set the packet capture capability on the binary, see this [thread](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/install-from-source-and-run-as-non-root/26430/3).

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