Exception in thread "main" java.lang.IllegalStateException: Unable to access 'path.scripts'

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.IllegalStateException: Unable to access 'path.scripts' (/usr/local/es/config/scripts)
Likely root cause: java.nio.file.AccessDeniedException: /usr/local/es/config/scripts
at sun.nio.fs.UnixException.translateToIOException(UnixException.java:84)
at sun.nio.fs.UnixException.rethrowAsIOException(UnixException.java:102)
at sun.nio.fs.UnixException.rethrowAsIOException(UnixException.java:107)
at sun.nio.fs.UnixFileSystemProvider.createDirectory(UnixFileSystemProvider.java:384)
at java.nio.file.Files.createDirectory(Files.java:674)
at java.nio.file.Files.createAndCheckIsDirectory(Files.java:781)
at java.nio.file.Files.createDirectories(Files.java:767)
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Security.ensureDirectoryExists(Security.java:337)
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Security.addPath(Security.java:314)
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Security.addFilePermissions(Security.java:248)
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Security.createPermissions(Security.java:212)
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Security.configure(Security.java:118)
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setupSecurity(Bootstrap.java:196)
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setup(Bootstrap.java:167)
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:270)
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:35)
Refer to the log for complete error details.