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title: Error loading config file
description: You may encounter errors loading the config file on POSIX operating systems if: an unauthorized user tries to load the config file, or, the config file...
url: https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/beats/pull/47709/reference/metricbeat/error-loading-config
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# Error loading config file
You may encounter errors loading the config file on POSIX operating systems if:
- an unauthorized user tries to load the config file, or
- the config file has the wrong permissions.

See [Config File Ownership and Permissions](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/beats/pull/47709/reference/libbeat/config-file-permissions) for more about resolving these errors.