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title: "Lack permissions to successfully copy a space"
canonical: "https://support.appfire.com/space/COPYSP/587890871/Lack%20permissions%20to%20successfully%20copy%20a%20space"
format: markdown
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## Problem

> ❌ User attempting to copy space encounters:
> ❌ 
> ❌ ```
> ❌ Starting copy with value ABC (0.0s)
> ❌ Fetching source space with value EQS (0.0s)
> ❌ Creating new space with value ABC (0.2s)
> ❌ Copying existing permissions with current user as admin with value ABC Copied Space (0.2s)
> ❌ ---------- ERROR DETAIL ----------
> ❌ ERROR creating space: "Oops! It looks like you don't have permissions to create a space in Confluence. Please ask your administrator to add you to a group which has 'Create Space' permission and try again. If this error continues, it may be caused by a bug within Confluence itself." with value ABC Copied Space (1.0s)
> ❌ ----------------------------------
> ❌ Error: Confluence server error: post: 500: org.springframework.transaction.UnexpectedRollbackException: Transaction rolled back because it has been marked as rollback-onl
> ❌ ```

## Cause

This usually happens only when the user has permissions to administer and create a space but is not a Confluence Administrator.

## Solution

Deselect **Copy Space Permissions (deselect to create a private space)** option in the list of check boxes:

![copysp_tut_CreateSpaceErr_Sol.png](media://7e467fa8-1477-45ed-8c22-5860afc56ec0)

> ℹ️ We released a fix for this in March 2019.