# Error: EACCES: permission denied, scandir '/root/.npm/\_logs' **URL:** \ **Category:** Build Environment\ **Created:** [May 14, 2019, 2:25pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/error-eacces-permission-denied-scandir-root-npm-logs/30379 "2019-05-14T14:25:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![YonatanKra](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/circleci/user_avatar/discuss.circleci.com/yonatankra/32/21457_2.png) [@YonatanKra](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/YonatanKra)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2019, 2:25pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/error-eacces-permission-denied-scandir-root-npm-logs/30379/1 "2019-05-14T14:25:25Z")
I’ve setup a project and run with the simple config file given during the install process. ```auto # Javascript Node CircleCI 2.0 configuration file # # Check https://circleci.com/docs/2.0/language-javascript/ for more details # version: 2 jobs: build: docker: # specify the version you desire here - image: circleci/node:7.10 # Specify service dependencies here if necessary # CircleCI maintains a library of pre-built images # documented at https://circleci.com/docs/2.0/circleci-images/ # - image: circleci/mongo:3.4.4 working_directory: ~/repo steps: - checkout # Download and cache dependencies - restore_cache: keys: - v1-dependencies-{{ checksum "package.json" }} # fallback to using the latest cache if no exact match is found - v1-dependencies- - run: yarn install - save_cache: paths: - node_modules key: v1-dependencies-{{ checksum "package.json" }} # run tests! - run: yarn test ``` This resulted in a permissions error. I’ve managed to move on by adding `sodu` before the yarn install command. Now I have another issue - in the `karma` postinstall, I get another permission error: ```auto > webpack-karma-jasmine@3.0.6 postinstall /home/circleci/repo/node_modules/webpack-karma-jasmine > npm install karma-cli -g npm ERR! path /root/.npm/_logs npm ERR! code EACCES npm ERR! errno -13 npm ERR! syscall scandir npm ERR! Error: EACCES: permission denied, scandir '/root/.npm/_logs' npm ERR! { Error: EACCES: permission denied, scandir '/root/.npm/_logs' npm ERR! stack: 'Error: EACCES: permission denied, scandir \'/root/.npm/_logs\'', npm ERR! errno: -13, npm ERR! code: 'EACCES', npm ERR! syscall: 'scandir', npm ERR! path: '/root/.npm/_logs' } npm ERR! npm ERR! Please try running this command again as root/Administrator. glob error { Error: EACCES: permission denied, scandir '/root/.npm/_logs' stack: 'Error: EACCES: permission denied, scandir \'/root/.npm/_logs\'', errno: -13, code: 'EACCES', syscall: 'scandir', path: '/root/.npm/_logs' } npm ERR! path /root/.npm/_cacache/index-v5/db/af/3c36804ee49875846a6f89401c5793623ad4d3160812228c88186cb2576a npm ERR! code EACCES npm ERR! errno -13 npm ERR! syscall open npm ERR! Error: EACCES: permission denied, open '/root/.npm/_cacache/index-v5/db/af/3c36804ee49875846a6f89401c5793623ad4d3160812228c88186cb2576a' npm ERR! { Error: EACCES: permission denied, open '/root/.npm/_cacache/index-v5/db/af/3c36804ee49875846a6f89401c5793623ad4d3160812228c88186cb2576a' npm ERR! cause: npm ERR! { Error: EACCES: permission denied, open '/root/.npm/_cacache/index-v5/db/af/3c36804ee49875846a6f89401c5793623ad4d3160812228c88186cb2576a' npm ERR! errno: -13, npm ERR! code: 'EACCES', npm ERR! syscall: 'open', npm ERR! path: '/root/.npm/_cacache/index-v5/db/af/3c36804ee49875846a6f89401c5793623ad4d3160812228c88186cb2576a' }, npm ERR! isOperational: true, npm ERR! stack: 'Error: EACCES: permission denied, open \'/root/.npm/_cacache/index-v5/db/af/3c36804ee49875846a6f89401c5793623ad4d3160812228c88186cb2576a\'', npm ERR! errno: -13, npm ERR! code: 'EACCES', npm ERR! syscall: 'open', npm ERR! path: '/root/.npm/_cacache/index-v5/db/af/3c36804ee49875846a6f89401c5793623ad4d3160812228c88186cb2576a' } npm ERR! npm ERR! Please try running this command again as root/Administrator. ``` For some reason, it doesn’t happen with other projects with the exact same setup (both are using karma and karma-jasmine with the same image - circle-ci/node:9.5-browsers). Any idea how to get over this issue? ---
**Author:** ![drazisil](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/circleci/user_avatar/discuss.circleci.com/drazisil/32/24029_2.png) [@drazisil](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/drazisil)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2019, 12:46pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/error-eacces-permission-denied-scandir-root-npm-logs/30379/2 "2019-05-16T12:46:54Z")
`sudo` is often going to cause permissions issues. Can you try removing it every place you have added it, and rolling your cache keys to `v2-`? ---
**Author:** ![YonatanKra](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/circleci/user_avatar/discuss.circleci.com/yonatankra/32/21457_2.png) [@YonatanKra](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/YonatanKra)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2019, 6:22am UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/error-eacces-permission-denied-scandir-root-npm-logs/30379/3 "2019-05-19T06:22:04Z")
I started without `sudo` but it gave me an error as well, so `sudo` was a solution from stackoverflow. Here’s what happens without `sudo`: [https://circleci.com/gh/YonatanKra/web-components-ui-elements/16](https://circleci.com/gh/YonatanKra/web-components-ui-elements/16) ---
**Author:** ![FelicianoTech](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/circleci/user_avatar/discuss.circleci.com/felicianotech/32/21348_2.png) [@FelicianoTech](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/FelicianoTech)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2019, 7:34pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/error-eacces-permission-denied-scandir-root-npm-logs/30379/5 "2019-05-20T19:34:38Z")
> [@YonatanKra](#): > > npm install karma-cli -g Hi, Can you try the following two things? 1. Temporarily disable caching. You can just comment the cache and restore related lines. 2. Only use `sudo` to install karma globally. Don’t use `sudo` when running `npm install` and `npm test/yarn test`.