Setting user permissions on a directory located inside of a root directory (spack package manager)

dmmpie

6/11/23, 2:33 PM

I am currently trying to use a package manager called spack. I am using the following commands to clone it into a directory that otherwise only has r+w+x permissions for root users and r permissions for the current user:

sudo git clone https://github.com/spack/spack.git
sudo chgrp -R my_user_group spack
sudo chmod -R +rwx spack

When I try to install a package, I get the error message

==> Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/my/root/directory/spack/opt'

The spack/opt directory is usually created at runtime when it doesn't exist yet. Right now, I get a Permission denied error while trying to access a nonexistent folder, which means that the create command didn't go through. I thought that setting r+w+x permissions for that particular group like this was enough to do that, am I missing a step in order to be able to freely use this directory as a user from my_user_group?

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David

6/11/23, 4:30 PM

Is this an Ubuntu system and if so what version?

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Ubuntu

dmmpie

6/17/23, 12:24 PM

Setting permissions to sudo chmod -R 777 solved the issue in this case.

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Elon Musk

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EN: Setting user permissions on a directory located inside of a root directory (spack package manager)

TH: การตั้งค่าสิทธิ์ผู้ใช้ในไดเร็กทอรีที่อยู่ภายในไดเร็กทอรีรูท (spack package manager)

RO: Setarea permisiunilor utilizatorului pe un director situat în interiorul unui director rădăcină (manager de pachete de pachete)

RU: Установка разрешений пользователя для каталога, расположенного внутри корневого каталога (менеджер пакетов spack)

VI: Đặt quyền của người dùng trên một thư mục nằm bên trong thư mục gốc (trình quản lý gói spack)

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