# Yet another "Could not communicate with Ghost" error, fresh install, first time

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**Category:** Installation\
**Created:** [November 4, 2023, 7:44pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/yet-another-could-not-communicate-with-ghost-error-fresh-install-first-time/42456 "2023-11-04T19:44:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cathy\_Sarisky](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/cathy_sarisky/32/25750_2.png) [@Cathy\_Sarisky](https://forum.ghost.org/u/Cathy_Sarisky)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2023, 8:42pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/yet-another-could-not-communicate-with-ghost-error-fresh-install-first-time/42456/4 "2023-11-04T20:42:22Z")

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> [@KaushikR02](#):
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> `Sorry, user ghostbloguser is not allowed to execute '/home/ghostbloguser/.nvm/versions/node/v18.18.2/bin/node current/index.js' as ghost`

This is older, but I think it might have your answer?

> [@\[RESOLVED\] Not allowed to run/sudo commands as ghost user](https://forum.ghost.org/t/resolved-not-allowed-to-run-sudo-commands-as-ghost-user/392/5):
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> Thanks for the pointers, spot on. User vagrant did have sudo permissions but not for user ghost so without alterations this command failed: sudo -u ghost /usr/bin/whoami (error identical to the installer error) After adding this config to /etc/sudoers.d/vagrant the above command does work: # Grant user `vagrant` permission to run specified commands as # user `ghost`. Required to get throught the ghost-cli installer. vagrant ALL=(ALL) ALL

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