# "permission denied" while validating yml with CLI **URL:** \ **Category:** Build Environment\ **Created:** [August 17, 2018, 10:13am UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/permission-denied-while-validating-yml-with-cli/24439 "2018-08-17T10:13:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kva](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/65b543/32.png) [@kva](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/kva)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2018, 10:13am UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/permission-denied-while-validating-yml-with-cli/24439/1 "2018-08-17T10:13:17Z")
Since updating the CLI I’ve been getting the following error whenever I try running `circleci config valid -c .circleci/config.yml`: `Error: Could not load config file at .circleci/config.yml: open .circleci/config.yml: permission denied` If I modify the path so that it doesn’t resolve to my config file I’ll get: `Error: Could not load config file at ./circleci/config.yml: open ./circleci/config.yml: no such file or directory Which suggests circleci is finding my config file.` Running on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. The file’s permissions (0664) haven’t changed since it stopped working, ---
**Author:** ![grahamw](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/circleci/user_avatar/discuss.circleci.com/grahamw/32/18777_2.png) [@grahamw](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/grahamw)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2018, 12:40am UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/permission-denied-while-validating-yml-with-cli/24439/2 "2018-08-18T00:40:00Z")
Hey, a couple of questions and things you could try: What does `circleci version` return? What’s the ownership of the config.yml file? Does it work executing the validate command with sudo? Have you tried creating a simple `.circleci/config.yml` file in another directory and testing with that? ---
**Author:** ![grahamw](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/circleci/user_avatar/discuss.circleci.com/grahamw/32/18777_2.png) [@grahamw](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/grahamw)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2018, 12:45am UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/permission-denied-while-validating-yml-with-cli/24439/3 "2018-08-18T00:45:50Z")
I just saw this too. So, maybe there’s a problem with the docker image or Ubuntu has pushed an update that’s breaking it. > [@CircleCI/AppArmor issue for validation on Ubuntu Linux](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/circleci-apparmor-issue-for-validation-on-ubuntu-linux/24411): > > Hey all, I’m on Ubuntu 18.04, installed circleci and docker via snap (and the two are linked as per the installation instructions). I can execute local ci builds fine. Until recently circleci config validate was working, but as of today I get: $ circleci config validate Error: Could not load config file at .circleci/config.yml: open .circleci/config.yml: permission denied And looking in dmesg I see: [607668.330776] audit: type=1400 audit(1534427762.045:493): apparmor=“DENIED” operation=“op… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/circleci/original/3X/5/1/511608acda8e85906e15909b57bd0a46c1dbe291.png) [@system](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2018, 12:45am UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/permission-denied-while-validating-yml-with-cli/24439/4 "2018-11-16T00:45:52Z")
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