Note: It is not
eaccess
An example created when the ring folder is not owned by the user riak is running as:
2015-06-23 14:57:43.073 [error] <0.154.0>@riak_core_ring_manager:do_write_ringfile:236 Unable to write ring to "./data/ring/riak_core_ring.default.20150623185743" - {badmatch,{error,eacces}}