# Rclone config perrmission denied

**URL:** <https://forum.rclone.org/t/rclone-config-perrmission-denied/8665>\
**Category:** Help and Support\
**Created:** [February 9, 2019, 8:24am UTC](https://forum.rclone.org/t/rclone-config-perrmission-denied/8665 "2019-02-09T08:24:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![jtenniswood](https://forum.rclone.org/user_avatar/forum.rclone.org/jtenniswood/32/200_2.png) [@jtenniswood](https://forum.rclone.org/u/jtenniswood)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2019, 8:24am UTC](https://forum.rclone.org/t/rclone-config-perrmission-denied/8665/1 "2019-02-09T08:24:05Z")

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Hi  
I’ve been using this script for over a year and only in the last two weeks does it keep failing with access issues to the config file.

Failed to load config file “/home/jtenniswood/.config/rclone/rclone.conf”: open /home/jtenniswood/.config/rclone/rclone.conf: permission denied

I’ve tried removing and recrreating the file, it works for a while then fails.  
I’m on ubuntu 18.04 LTS.

Can I change the location of the config file?  
Thanks

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**Author:** ![ncw](https://forum.rclone.org/user_avatar/forum.rclone.org/ncw/32/18_2.png) [@ncw](https://forum.rclone.org/u/ncw)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2019, 5:34pm UTC](https://forum.rclone.org/t/rclone-config-perrmission-denied/8665/2 "2019-02-09T17:34:56Z")

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> [@jtenniswood](#):
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> I’ve tried removing and recrreating the file, it works for a while then fails.

I suspect the config file is changing ownership - are you running rclone as root somewhere?

> [@jtenniswood](#):
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> Can I change the location of the config file?

Sure use the --config flag

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**Author:** ![jtenniswood](https://forum.rclone.org/user_avatar/forum.rclone.org/jtenniswood/32/200_2.png) [@jtenniswood](https://forum.rclone.org/u/jtenniswood)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2019, 9:04pm UTC](https://forum.rclone.org/t/rclone-config-perrmission-denied/8665/3 "2019-02-09T21:04:51Z")

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Yes, there is a root process using rclone, but that’s been the case for a while without issue.  
Doesn’t really matter, I’ve setup the config flag and am using a custom file location where the permissions should be an issue.  
Thanks for the support!

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**Author:** ![system](https://forum.rclone.org/uploads/default/original/2X/3/39ad3235f6ffec76ccd0c81616bd55697b4c300d.png) [@system](https://forum.rclone.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2020, 12:51am UTC](https://forum.rclone.org/t/rclone-config-perrmission-denied/8665/4 "2020-03-04T00:51:49Z")

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Closed on March 4, 2020, 12:51am UTC