writting properties files may trigger EACCES: permission denied errors about wikibase-cli HOT 6 CLOSED

@nichtich did you install node using sudo?

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I think so

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so I guess you had to install wikidata-cli using sudo too, that would explain the higher level of authorization required: wd claims or wd props would thus probably work if prefixed by sudo at least every time properties are requested in a new language. Further accesses will probably not require it as it would only be read operations

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Yes, that's a workaround. If wd will include other write-to-disk operations (wikidata-token?) it may stil worth to reconsider using a file location based on current user.

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or run chmod 666 ./props during the postinstall script?

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reverted dcdbaa8 with d97498d: using chmod during postinstall doesn't seem to be an option

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