https://community.splunk.com/t5/Security/tar-splunk-Cannot-mkdir-Permission-denied/m-p/486116#M15310 <P>I was watching a module 3 in Training. When I type and enter tar xvzf splunk-8.0.3-a6754d8441bf-Linux-x86_64.tgz -C /opt<BR /> following the video. It shows an error (tar: splunk: Cannot mkdir: Permission denied). How can I fix this issue?</P> Mon, 04 May 2020 03:39:07 GMT ehs2020 2020-05-04T03:39:07Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Security/tar-splunk-Cannot-mkdir-Permission-denied/m-p/486116#M15310 <P>I was watching a module 3 in Training. When I type and enter tar xvzf splunk-8.0.3-a6754d8441bf-Linux-x86_64.tgz -C /opt<BR /> following the video. It shows an error (tar: splunk: Cannot mkdir: Permission denied). How can I fix this issue?</P> Mon, 04 May 2020 03:39:07 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Security/tar-splunk-Cannot-mkdir-Permission-denied/m-p/486116#M15310 ehs2020 2020-05-04T03:39:07Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Security/tar-splunk-Cannot-mkdir-Permission-denied/m-p/486117#M15311 <P>Hi</P> <P>It seems you don't have proper permissions. You need sudo permissions or contact a system administrator</P> Mon, 04 May 2020 03:45:18 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Security/tar-splunk-Cannot-mkdir-Permission-denied/m-p/486117#M15311 vnravikumar 2020-05-04T03:45:18Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Security/tar-splunk-Cannot-mkdir-Permission-denied/m-p/486118#M15312 <P>You can either ask for permission, or you can extract it to another folder in which you have permission to write, e.g., <CODE>~/opt</CODE> instead of <CODE>/opt</CODE></P> Mon, 04 May 2020 04:41:28 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Security/tar-splunk-Cannot-mkdir-Permission-denied/m-p/486118#M15312 tauliang 2020-05-04T04:41:28Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Security/tar-splunk-Cannot-mkdir-Permission-denied/m-p/527837#M15313 <P>Hi</P><P>You can try sudo tar...</P> Wed, 04 Nov 2020 02:42:52 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Security/tar-splunk-Cannot-mkdir-Permission-denied/m-p/527837#M15313 roboheeh 2020-11-04T02:42:52Z