# Bad permissions inside the container

**URL:** <https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/t/bad-permissions-inside-the-container/2396>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [February 20, 2023, 12:39pm UTC](https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/t/bad-permissions-inside-the-container/2396 "2023-02-20T12:39:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![kristian.nikolaev](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b782af/32.png) [@kristian.nikolaev](https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/u/kristian.nikolaev)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2023, 12:39pm UTC](https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/t/bad-permissions-inside-the-container/2396/1 "2023-02-20T12:39:36Z")

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Hi I see weird things inside the container in terms of permissions, look at this output:

```auto
[root@docker-vm vaultwarden]# docker exec -it vaultwarden /bin/bash
root@8bde8ab79031:/# ls -la
ls: cannot access 'opt': Operation not permitted
ls: cannot access '..': Operation not permitted
ls: cannot access 'usr': Operation not permitted
ls: cannot access 'lib': Operation not permitted
ls: cannot access 'proc': Operation not permitted
ls: cannot access 'bin': Operation not permitted
ls: cannot access 'srv': Operation not permitted
ls: cannot access '.': Operation not permitted
ls: cannot access 'sbin': Operation not permitted
ls: cannot access 'root': Operation not permitted
ls: cannot access 'home': Operation not permitted
ls: cannot access 'lib64': Operation not permitted
ls: cannot access 'etc': Operation not permitted
ls: cannot access 'run': Operation not permitted
ls: cannot access 'boot': Operation not permitted
ls: cannot access 'dev': Operation not permitted
ls: cannot access 'mnt': Operation not permitted
ls: cannot access 'sys': Operation not permitted
ls: cannot access 'var': Operation not permitted
ls: cannot access 'media': Operation not permitted
ls: cannot access 'tmp': Operation not permitted
ls: cannot access 'config': Operation not permitted
ls: cannot access '.dockerenv': Operation not permitted
ls: cannot access 'start.sh': Operation not permitted
ls: cannot access 'healthcheck.sh': Operation not permitted
ls: cannot access 'vaultwarden': Operation not permitted
ls: cannot access 'web-vault': Operation not permitted
ls: cannot access 'data': Operation not permitted
total 0
d????????? ? ? ? ? ? .
d????????? ? ? ? ? ? ..
-????????? ? ? ? ? ? .dockerenv
d????????? ? ? ? ? ? bin
d????????? ? ? ? ? ? boot
d????????? ? ? ? ? ? config
d????????? ? ? ? ? ? data
d????????? ? ? ? ? ? dev
d????????? ? ? ? ? ? etc
-????????? ? ? ? ? ? healthcheck.sh
d????????? ? ? ? ? ? home
d????????? ? ? ? ? ? lib
d????????? ? ? ? ? ? lib64
d????????? ? ? ? ? ? media
d????????? ? ? ? ? ? mnt
d????????? ? ? ? ? ? opt
d????????? ? ? ? ? ? proc
d????????? ? ? ? ? ? root
d????????? ? ? ? ? ? run
d????????? ? ? ? ? ? sbin
d????????? ? ? ? ? ? srv
-????????? ? ? ? ? ? start.sh
d????????? ? ? ? ? ? sys
d????????? ? ? ? ? ? tmp
d????????? ? ? ? ? ? usr
d????????? ? ? ? ? ? var
-????????? ? ? ? ? ? vaultwarden
d????????? ? ? ? ? ? web-vault

```

I suspect something is messed up with permissions, I run the container as root and I access the container as root.

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**Author:** ![stefan0xC](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/vaultwarden.discourse.group/stefan0xc/32/1765_2.png) [@stefan0xC](https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/u/stefan0xC)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2023, 9:11pm UTC](https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/t/bad-permissions-inside-the-container/2396/2 "2023-02-21T21:11:02Z")

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Reminds me of [root user has no permissions within container · Issue #884 · docker-library/postgres · GitHub](https://github.com/docker-library/postgres/issues/884)  
What OS / docker version are you using?

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**Author:** ![kristian.nikolaev](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b782af/32.png) [@kristian.nikolaev](https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/u/kristian.nikolaev)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2023, 3:07pm UTC](https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/t/bad-permissions-inside-the-container/2396/3 "2023-02-22T15:07:06Z")

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Hi! Thanks for your answer, I’m running Docker version 19.03.2, build 6a30dfc on a CentOS 7