file-permissions

“Permission Denied” trying to run Python on Windows 10

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Seems as though an update on Windows 10 overnight broke Python. Just trying to run python –version returned a “Permission Denied” error. None of the three updates; KB4507453, KB4506991, or KB4509096 look like they’d be the culprit but the timing of the issue is suspicious. Rather than messing with rolling back, I’m hoping there’s a … Read more

NPM stuck giving the same error EISDIR: Illegal operation on a directory, read at error (native)

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I am stuck with this error no matter what directory I am in, and what I type after “npm” in cmd.exe. Here is the npm-debug.log: 0 info it worked if it ends with ok 1 verbose cli [ ‘C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe’, 1 verbose cli ‘C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node_modules\\npm\\bin\\npm-cli.js’ ] 2 info using [email protected] 3 info using [email protected] 4 … Read more

Git file permissions on Windows

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I’ve read through a few questions regarding file permissions in Git and I’m still a bit confused. I’ve got a repo on GitHub forked from another. Post merge, they should be identical. However: $ git diff –summary origin/epsilon master/epsilon mode change 100644 => 100755 ants/dist/sample_bots/csharp/compile.sh mode change 100644 => 100755 ants/dist/starter_bots/coffeescript/MyBot.coffee mode change 100644 => … Read more

How to restore the permissions of files and directories within git if they have been modified?

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I have a git checkout. All the file permissions are different than what git thinks they should be therefore they all show up as modified. Without touching the content of the files (just want to modify the permissions) how do I set all the files permissions to what git thinks they should be? 12 Answers … Read more

Permission denied on accessing host directory in Docker

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I am trying to mount a host directory in Docker, but then I cannot access it from within the container, even if the access permissions look good. I am doing sudo docker run -i -v /data1/Downloads:/Downloads ubuntu bash and then ls -al It gives me: total 8892 drwxr-xr-x. 23 root root 4096 Jun 18 14:34 … Read more

Cannot read configuration file due to insufficient permissions

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I’ve recently encountered an error trying to host my asp.net site with IIS. I have found a solution that many swear by. Solution: Add IIS_IUSRS with Read permission on files in the folder Change IIS authentication method to BasicAuthentication refresh the website. It will work (http://vivekthangaswamy.blogspot.com/2009/07/aspnet-website-cannot-read.html) What do I add to my web.config file though? … Read more