Improve documentation for package distributions folder access rights #29578
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Setting up the Elastic Stack https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/settings.html mentions that for the package distributions, the config directory location defaults to /etc/elasticsearch and this can be changed. When setting up security with keystore (https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/secure-settings.html) and following 'All commands here should be run as the user which will run Elasticsearch.' the elasticsearch user does not have access rights to /etc/elasticsearch as intended and explained in #26412
I would propose to state clearer that for package distributions special care must be taken, e.g. changing the default path or running bin/elasticsearch-keystore create with elevated rights in this case.
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