# nvprof:  Warning: The user does not have permission to profile on the target device.

**URL:** <https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/nvprof-warning-the-user-does-not-have-permission-to-profile-on-the-target-device/72374>\
**Category:** Visual Profiler and nvprof\
**Created:** [April 2, 2019, 2:11pm UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/nvprof-warning-the-user-does-not-have-permission-to-profile-on-the-target-device/72374 "2019-04-02T14:11:15Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 8, 2019, 6:34pm UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/nvprof-warning-the-user-does-not-have-permission-to-profile-on-the-target-device/72374/9 "2019-08-08T18:34:28Z")

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Hi, thanks for your suggestions. However, I found a temporary solution:

sudo /usr/local/cuda/bin/nvprof ./jacobi\_test

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