# Upgrading to ES version 6.3.0 from 6.2.3 using puppet changed owner to root

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrading-to-es-version-6-3-0-from-6-2-3-using-puppet-changed-owner-to-root/135859>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [June 14, 2018, 7:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrading-to-es-version-6-3-0-from-6-2-3-using-puppet-changed-owner-to-root/135859 "2018-06-14T07:49:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![A\_B](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/a_b/32/17104_2.png) [@A\_B](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/A_B)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2018, 7:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrading-to-es-version-6-3-0-from-6-2-3-using-puppet-changed-owner-to-root/135859/1 "2018-06-14T07:49:27Z")

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Not sure if this is just my config or something in the puppet module or in the Debian package of Elasticsearch 6.3.0 but when I just upgraded the owner of `/etc/elasticsearch` changed to `root.elasticsearch`

It was easily fixed using `chown -R` but just wanted to flag.

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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 14, 2018, 9:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrading-to-es-version-6-3-0-from-6-2-3-using-puppet-changed-owner-to-root/135859/2 "2018-06-14T09:42:46Z")

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Can you raise this against [https://github.com/elastic/puppet-elasticsearch/issues](https://github.com/elastic/puppet-elasticsearch/issues) please, then we'll take a closer look.

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**Author:** ![A\_B](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/a_b/32/17104_2.png) [@A\_B](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/A_B)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2018, 10:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrading-to-es-version-6-3-0-from-6-2-3-using-puppet-changed-owner-to-root/135859/3 "2018-06-14T10:30:16Z")

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> [@A\_B](#):
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> Not sure if this is just my config or something in the puppet module or in the Debian package of Elasticsearch 6.3.0 but when I just upgraded the owner of `/etc/elasticsearch` changed to `root.elasticsearch`
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> It was easily fixed using `chown -R` but just wanted to flag.

Thanks!

> <https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-elasticsearch/issues/946>
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> \* Module version: 6.2.2
> \* Puppet version: 4.10.9
> \* OS and version: Debian 9.4
> …
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> \## Bug description
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> Not sure if this is just my config or something in the puppet module or in the Debian package of Elasticsearch 6.3.0 but when I just upgraded Elasticsearch running puppet, the owner of \`/etc/elasticsearch\` changed to \`root.elasticsearch\`
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> It was easily fixed using chown -R but just wanted to flag.

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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 12, 2018, 10:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrading-to-es-version-6-3-0-from-6-2-3-using-puppet-changed-owner-to-root/135859/4 "2018-07-12T10:40:11Z")

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Closed on July 12, 2018, 10:40am UTC

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