The following error was encountered: [Errno 13] Permission denied: 'C:\\Certbot\\log\\letsencrypt.log' Either run as root, or set --config-dir, --work-dir, and --logs-dir to writeable paths

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My domain is: andeanexpeditiontravel.com

I ran this command: certbot certonly --manual --preferred-challenges http-01

It produced this output:C:\Windows\system32>certbot certonly --manual --preferred-challenges http-01
The following error was encountered:
[Errno 13] Permission denied: 'C:\Certbot\log\letsencrypt.log'
Either run as root, or set --config-dir, --work-dir, and --logs-dir to writeable paths.
Ask for help or search for solutions at https://community.letsencrypt.org. See the logfile C:\Users\tsaire\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpjmnhpa8q\log or re-run Certbot with -v for more details.

My web server is (include version): LiteSpeed

The operating system my web server runs on is (include version): Apache

My hosting provider, if applicable, is: Hostinger

I can login to a root shell on my machine (yes or no, or I don't know): YES

I'm using a control panel to manage my site (no, or provide the name and version of the control panel): YES

The version of my client is (e.g. output of certbot --version or certbot-auto --version if you're using Certbot): certbot 1.23.0

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Did you run as root (or the windows equivalent, run as admin)?

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Yes, I also tried running the NET USER administrator/pass command.

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My actual advice would be to move to a Linux server, if you don't absolutely need Windows.

Or wait for somebody more Windows-experienced to read this thread.

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Thanks! I'll be waiting

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While you wait for more experienced Windows advice we recently saw odd permissions problems on Windows 11. If that is your version it might be worth your time to look at this:

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You don't say which version of Windows you're on but if it's Windows 11 search for "Controlled folder access" via the start menu, try disabling it if enabled and if that helps then there's the answer.

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