Errno 13 permission denied when writing file

Asked Aug 10 '15 at 13:56

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I have been trying to follow this post Changing file permission in python to change the permissions of the directory and folder being generated by my python code. However I am still getting an error IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied:

absPath = createFolder + "/" + collectionInterval
print absPath
if not os.path.exists(absPath):
    os.system("sudo mkdir " + absPath)
    os.chmod(absPath, stat.S_IRWXO | stat.S_IRWXU | stat.S_IRWXG)

scriptName = ipAddress.replace(".", "")

#create script file and save it in that location
#need to replace "name" with a distinguishable name
saveFile = absPath + "/" + scriptName + "_" + script["datasourceID"] + "_" + script["datapointID"] + ".py"
print saveFile
with open(saveFile, "w") as script_file:
    os.chmod(saveFile, stat.S_IRWXO | stat.S_IRWXU | stat.S_IRWXG)
    script_file.write(script)

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You do `sudo mkdir` but you're not using `sudo` for the chmod. Is it failing the chmod? – Patrick Maupin Aug 10 '15 at 14:03
"/" dir not yours ! Try "/home/*username*/" inside. And script runner is not *root* . Only root can write root dir. Never give permission to root dir. – dsgdfg Aug 10 '15 at 14:04
it fails on the with open(saveFile, "w") as script_file: line, – Johnathon64 Aug 10 '15 at 14:05
Did you view the directory to check the permissions? – Patrick Maupin Aug 10 '15 at 14:06
@SDilmac I am doing a os.walk to get the full path of the directory. – Johnathon64 Aug 10 '15 at 14:07
does it work if you execute the program with `sudo python name_of_script`? – DJanssens Aug 10 '15 at 14:11
Try change absPath = createFolder + "/" + collectionInterval to absPath = "/home/user_name/"+createFolder + "/" + collectionInterval – dsgdfg Aug 10 '15 at 14:12

Errno 13 permission denied when writing file

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