Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/certbot", line 11, in load_entry_point('certbot==0.10.2', 'console_scripts', 'certbot')() File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/certbot/main.py", line 832, in main make_or_verify_needed_dirs(config) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/certbot/main.py", line 788, in make_or_verify_needed_dirs os.geteuid(), config.strict_permissions) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/certbot/main.py", line 781, in make_or_verify_core_dir raise errors.Error(_PERM_ERR_FMT.format(error)) Error: The following error was encountered: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/lib/letsencrypt' If running as non-root, set --config-dir, --logs-dir, and --work-dir to writeable paths.