Assuming this is alertmanager, per your other message, you can use --storage.path to pick a different directory, which your user does have permission to.
It seems this is not mentioned in the documentation. Bryan On Wednesday 3 January 2024 at 20:43:34 UTC [email protected] wrote: > msg="Unable to create data directory" err="mkdir data/: permission denied" > what can i do? > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Prometheus Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/prometheus-users/1fb05461-5f8d-4db5-b72c-4955a5613b67n%40googlegroups.com.

