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Improve error handling for invalid setup for directory permissions #800
Description
When I started the server, I got this error:
ERROR You need root privileges to start on this port
It doesn't make sense because I wasn't running on port 80. So debugging it more (added console statements), I found that the true error was the following:
{ Error: EACCES: permission denied, mkdir '/var/www/solid.mysite/config/templates'
at Object.fs.mkdirSync (fs.js:885:18)
at mkdirsSync (/usr/lib/node_modules/solid-server/node_modules/fs-extra/lib/mkdirs/mkdirs-sync.js:31:9)
at Object.mkdirsSync (/usr/lib/node_modules/solid-server/node_modules/fs-extra/lib/mkdirs/mkdirs-sync.js:37:16)
at Object.copySync (/usr/lib/node_modules/solid-server/node_modules/fs-extra/lib/copy-sync/copy-sync.js:49:37)
at ensureDirCopyExists (/usr/lib/node_modules/solid-server/lib/server-config.js:25:8)
at Object.initTemplateDirs (/usr/lib/node_modules/solid-server/lib/server-config.js:108:29)
at createApp (/usr/lib/node_modules/solid-server/lib/create-app.js:45:27)
at Function.createServer (/usr/lib/node_modules/solid-server/lib/create-server.js:15:18)
at bin (/usr/lib/node_modules/solid-server/bin/lib/start.js:122:17)
at fs.readFile (/usr/lib/node_modules/solid-server/bin/lib/start.js:41:7)
errno: -13,
code: 'EACCES',
syscall: 'mkdir',
path: '/var/www/solid.mysite/config/templates' }
It should assist the user to fix their permissions not run it in root.
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tuxPM commentedon Sep 30, 2018
got the same error for a different path (/etc/letsencrypt/live/your.host.example.org/*.pem)
mohamedmansour commentedon Sep 30, 2018
@tuxPM you need to give
g+xon the/etc/letsencrypt/livefolder towww-dataandg+xron the/etc/letsencrypt/archivefolder to www-data to make that permission work.