Drush can't write to /tmp

Morten

8/17/23, 3:50 PM

Drush does not seem to be able to move files to the tmp folder on my local machine. Changing the tmp folder location to for instance "sites/default/files" works, but I would like to know why it doesn't work with /tmp.

I am using this script from the fontawesome module:

$this->fileSystem->move($path . '/fontawesome-free-' . $fontawesome_library['version'] . '-web', $this->fileSystem->getTempDirectory() . '/temp_fontawesome', FileSystemInterface::EXISTS_REPLACE);

and I get the error

The specified file '/home/username/websites/frilaering_newest/web/libraries/fontawesome/fontawesome-free-6.1.0-web' could not be moved to '/tmp/temp_fontawesome'.

The weird thing is that everything else seems to work - including file uploads, which uses the tmp folder - so can this be related to Drush somehow? I'm using Drush installed on the local website with composer. Everything looks fine in Drush status.

www-data can write to /tmp
/tmp is chmodded to 777
.htaccess file is present in /tmp folder
settings.local.php has "$settings["file_temp_path"] = '/tmp';"

I have tried anything - even fiddling with PrivateTmp, but the only thing that works is changing the tmp folder, which I would rather avoid.

I am using Drupal 9 with php7.3-fpm/apache2/mariaDB on latest Ubuntu

Any ideas?

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4uk4

8/17/23, 4:17 PM

You say that `www-data` can write to /tmp. This does matter for the web server, but not for Drush. The question is whether the user who has logged into the command line can write to /tmp.

cilefen

8/17/23, 4:18 PM

What is the ownership and permissions on `/tmp/temp_fontawesome`? Which user is executing Drush?

4uk4

8/17/23, 4:19 PM

Yes, also the sub directories.

Morten

8/17/23, 4:45 PM

the user who is using drush is my local user. I have permissions to write to /tmp as far as I can see. the folder "temp_fontawesome" is never created because drush can't write to /tmp

Joehoe

8/19/23, 9:04 AM

could be typo related. Have you tried `../tmp` instead of `/tmp`? As an example I refer to my tmp folder like this `$settings['file_temp_path'] = '../tmp';`

Morten

8/19/23, 9:43 PM

thanks, but not a typo sadly. Also this seems to only affect drush. The site handles images and files without problems, and those go through /tmp too. This only happens when using drush.

Elon Musk

I sit in a Tesla and translated this thread with Ai:

EN: Drush can't write to /tmp

TH: Drush ไม่สามารถเขียนไปยัง /tmp

RO: Drush nu poate scrie în /tmp

RU: Drush не может писать в /tmp

VI: Drush không thể ghi vào/tmp

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