# Upgrade OSS to Opensearch Eorror

**URL:** <https://forum.opensearch.org/t/upgrade-oss-to-opensearch-eorror/8198>\
**Category:** Open Source Elasticsearch and Kibana\
**Created:** [January 5, 2022, 9:45am UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/upgrade-oss-to-opensearch-eorror/8198 "2022-01-05T09:45:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![dharminfadia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6de8d8/32.png) [@dharminfadia](https://forum.opensearch.org/u/dharminfadia)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2022, 9:45am UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/upgrade-oss-to-opensearch-eorror/8198/1 "2022-01-05T09:45:02Z")

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I am trying to Upgrade OSS to Opensearch I facing following Errror

 ![UpgradeError](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/mauve_hedgehog/original/2X/a/a981247784b04bedda4305bc81c971cec6b9c34e.jpeg)

pls help anyone

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**Author:** ![searchymcsearchface](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.opensearch.org/searchymcsearchface/32/868_2.png) [@searchymcsearchface](https://forum.opensearch.org/u/searchymcsearchface)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2022, 2:33pm UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/upgrade-oss-to-opensearch-eorror/8198/2 "2022-01-05T14:33:04Z")

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It looks like you’re running OpenSearch as a root users. Can you run it as a different users?