# Starting cardano-node gives an error - node.socket removeLink permission denied

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**Category:** Setup a Stake Pool\
**Created:** [31 May 2021 15:23 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/starting-cardano-node-gives-an-error-node-socket-removelink-permission-denied/63570 "2021-05-31T15:23:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![laplasz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/laplasz/32/15238_2.png) [@laplasz](https://forum.cardano.org/u/laplasz)\
**Post date:** [1 June 2021 13:10 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/starting-cardano-node-gives-an-error-node-socket-removelink-permission-denied/63570/17 "2021-06-01T13:10:35Z")

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the real problem is that node.socket owner is different from the current user: related:

> [@Cardano-node: Missing protocolMagicId](https://forum.cardano.org/t/cardano-node-missing-protocolmagicid/63587/19):
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> yes - I dont know where this cardano user came from, but you can modify the ownership the folder by: sudo chown -R alberto:alberto /home/cardano/cnode WAIT! just realized then you are operating everything in home folder of cardano user… probably better to switch the user to cardano from alberto!

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