[SOLVED] Getting changing ownership of '/var/log/logstash': Operation not permitted

Issue

I am running following command

$ chown -R logstash.logstash /usr/share/logstash
$ chmod 777 /usr/share/logstash/data

I'm getting below error

chown: changing ownership of '/var/log/logstash': Operation not permitted

Can anyone pls help!

Solution

You need to run these commands with sudo for ex

$ sudo chown -R logstash.logstash /usr/share/logstash
$ sudo chmod 777 /usr/share/logstash/data

Read more about sudo

Answered By - Amit

Answer Checked By - Mary Flores (WPSolving Volunteer)