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+# Permissions error:
+
+> ➜  szuru git:(master) docker-compose up -d
+> Starting szuru_elasticsearch_1 ... 
+> Starting szuru_sql_1           ... error
+> Starting szuru_elasticsearch_1 ... done
+> ERROR: for szuru_sql_1  Cannot start service sql: b"error while creating mount source path '/var/local/szurubooru/sql': mkdir /var/local/szurubooru: read-only file system"
+
+> ERROR: for sql  Cannot start service sql: b"error while creating mount source path '/var/local/szurubooru/sql': mkdir /var/local/szurubooru: read-only file system"
+> ERROR: Encountered errors while bringing up the project.
+> ➜  szuru git:(master) 
+
+**chown -R 1000:1000 the mountpoint for the data directory ($MOUNT_DATA in .env), but you need to do this on the host machine, not inside the container**
+
+eg. chmod -R 1000:1000 /var/local/szurubooru
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