title: Anaconda Jupyter Lab on Remote Server: Permission Error
body: <p>The error is the following:
  PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/home/ubuntu/.jupyter/jupyter_no                                                                                                                                                             tebook_config.json'</p>
  
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  <p>Machine - Ubuntu 16.04, Conda installed.</p>
  
  <p>I get that I don't have root on this remote server - But perhaps I can have root if I use the right command. </p>
  
  <p>Note the jupyter lab command is trying to access a non conda install of jupyter lab (config file /home/ubuntu/.jupyter). I want to access the conda install from the folder anaconda 3 installation- see the full error for reference. Any suggestions/ideas would be most welcome and will receive a surprising number of hail marys. Thanks for looking.Alternatively, maybe I can find some way to point jupyter -lab to the conda config.</p>
  
  <p>Full Error</p>
  
  <pre><code>    ubuntu@96-76-203-14:~$ jupyter lab
  [E 00:58:14.174 LabApp] Exception while loading config file /home/ubuntu/.jupyte                                                                                                                                                             r/jupyter_notebook_config.json
      Traceback (most recent call last):
        File "/home/ubuntu/anaconda3/lib/python3.6/site-packages/traitlets/config/                                                                                                                                                             application.py", line 562, in _load_config_files
          config = loader.load_config()
        File "/home/ubuntu/anaconda3/lib/python3.6/site-packages/traitlets/config/                                                                                                                                                             loader.py", line 406, in load_config
          dct = self._read_file_as_dict()
        File "/home/ubuntu/anaconda3/lib/python3.6/site-packages/traitlets/config/                                                                                                                                                             loader.py", line 411, in _read_file_as_dict
          with open(self.full_filename) as f:
      PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/home/ubuntu/.jupyter/jupyte                                                                                                                                                             r_notebook_config.json'
  [I 00:58:14.188 LabApp] The port 7000 is already in use, trying another port.
  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "/home/ubuntu/anaconda3/bin/jupyter-lab", line 11, in &lt;module&gt;
      sys.exit(main())
    File "/home/ubuntu/anaconda3/lib/python3.6/site-packages/jupyter_core/applicat                                                                                                                                                             ion.py", line 267, in launch_instance
      return super(JupyterApp, cls).launch_instance(argv=argv, **kwargs)
    File "/home/ubuntu/anaconda3/lib/python3.6/site-packages/traitlets/config/appl                                                                                                                                                             ication.py", line 657, in launch_instance
      app.initialize(argv)
    File "&lt;decorator-gen-7&gt;", line 2, in initialize
    File "/home/ubuntu/anaconda3/lib/python3.6/site-packages/traitlets/config/appl                                                                                                                                                             ication.py", line 87, in catch_config_error
      return method(app, *args, **kwargs)
    File "/home/ubuntu/anaconda3/lib/python3.6/site-packages/notebook/notebookapp.                                                                                                                                                             py", line 1299, in initialize
      self.init_server_extensions()
    File "/home/ubuntu/anaconda3/lib/python3.6/site-packages/jupyterlab/labapp.py"                                                                                                                                                             , line 209, in init_server_extensions
      super(LabApp, self).init_server_extensions()
    File "/home/ubuntu/anaconda3/lib/python3.6/site-packages/notebook/notebookapp.                                                                                                                                                             py", line 1258, in init_server_extensions
      section = manager.get(self.config_file_name)
    File "/home/ubuntu/anaconda3/lib/python3.6/site-packages/notebook/services/con                                                                                                                                                             fig/manager.py", line 25, in get
      recursive_update(config, cm.get(section_name))
    File "/home/ubuntu/anaconda3/lib/python3.6/site-packages/traitlets/config/mana                                                                                                                                                             ger.py", line 62, in get
      with io.open(filename, encoding='utf-8') as f:
  PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/home/ubuntu/.jupyter/jupyter_no                                                                                                                                                             tebook_config.json'
  </code></pre>
  
  <p><strong>Update:</strong></p>
  
  <p>So I just tried jupyter notebook instead , and that worked but does not show me the token just three dots in a strangely mysterious fashion... (yes exactly like that)</p>
  
  <pre><code>ubuntu@96-76-203-14:~/anaconda3$ jupyter notebook
  [I 01:41:12.637 NotebookApp] Writing notebook server cookie secret to /run/user/1000/jupyter/not                                          ebook_cookie_secret
  [I 01:41:12.649 NotebookApp] The port 7000 is already in use, trying another port.
  [I 01:41:12.653 NotebookApp] Serving notebooks from local directory: /home/ubuntu/anaconda3
  [I 01:41:12.654 NotebookApp] 0 active kernels
  [I 01:41:12.654 NotebookApp] The Jupyter Notebook is running at: http://0.0.0.0:7001/?token=...
  [I 01:41:12.654 NotebookApp] Use Control-C to stop this server and shut down all kernels (twice                                           to skip confirmation).
  [W 01:41:12.654 NotebookApp] No web browser found: could not locate runnable browser.
  ^C[I 01:41:25.822 NotebookApp] interrupted
  Serving notebooks from local directory: /home/ubuntu/anaconda3
  0 active kernels
  The Jupyter Notebook is running at: http://0.0.0.0:7001/?token=...
  </code></pre>