"msm update" full of "permission denied"

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On an up-to-date (apt update / apt full-upgrade) Mark 1, lots, but not all, skills are “permission denied”… and an inability to lock a .git/config at the start of it alll:

$ sudo msm update
WARNING - Failed to update repo: GitException(Git command failed: GitCommandError(['git', 'config', 'remote.origin.url', 'https://github.com/MycroftAI/mycroft-skills'], 255, b'error: could not lock config file .git/config: Permission denied', b''))
ERROR - Error running update_skill on mycroft-stop: GitException(Git command failed: GitCommandError(['git', 'fetch'], 1, b'error: Unable to append to .git/logs/refs/remotes/origin/18.02: Permission denied\nFrom https://github.com/MycroftAI/skill-stop\n ! e9f01e8..9bfc249  18.02      -> origin/18.02  (unable to update local ref)', b''))
ERROR - Error running update_skill on mycroft-support-helper: GitException(Git command failed: GitCommandError(['git', 'fetch'], 1, b'error: Unable to append to .git/logs/refs/remotes/origin/18.02: Permission denied\nFrom https://github.com/MycroftAI/skill-support\n ! e497b70..5919493  18.02      -> origin/18.02  (unable to update local ref)', b''))
ERROR - Error running update_skill on mycroft-wiki: GitException(Git command failed: GitCommandError(['git', 'fetch'], 1, b'error: Unable to append to .git/logs/refs/remotes/origin/18.02: Permission denied\nFrom https://github.com/MycroftAI/skill-wiki\n ! 16bc57c..9894835  18.02      -> origin/18.02  (unable to update local ref)', b''))
ERROR - Error running update_skill on mycroft-version-checker: GitException(Git command failed: GitCommandError(['git', 'fetch'], 128, b'error: insufficient permission for adding an object to repository database .git/objects\nfatal: failed to write object\nfatal: unpack-objects failed', b''))
ERROR - Error running update_skill on mycroft-reminder: GitException(Git command failed: GitCommandError(['git', 'fetch'], 1, b'error: Unable to append to .git/logs/refs/remotes/origin/18.02: Permission denied\nFrom https://github.com/MycroftAI/skill-reminder\n ! e819948..7623a2e  18.02      -> origin/18.02  (unable to update local ref)', b''))
ERROR - Error running update_skill on mycroft-volume: GitException(Git command failed: GitCommandError(['git', 'fetch'], 1, b'error: Unable to append to .git/logs/refs/remotes/origin/18.02: Permission denied\nFrom https://github.com/MycroftAI/skill-volume\n ! a76f94b..d14142c  18.02      -> origin/18.02  (unable to update local ref)', b''))
ERROR - Error running update_skill on mycroft-audio-record: GitException(Git command failed: GitCommandError(['git', 'fetch'], 1, b'error: Unable to append to .git/logs/refs/remotes/origin/18.02: Permission denied\nFrom https://github.com/MycroftAI/skill-audio-record\n ! fe59be8..9479337  18.02      -> origin/18.02  (unable to update local ref)', b''))
ERROR - Error running update_skill on fallback-aiml: GitException(Git command failed: GitCommandError(['git', 'fetch'], 128, b'error: insufficient permission for adding an object to repository database .git/objects\nfatal: failed to write object\nfatal: unpack-objects failed', b''))
ERROR - Error running update_skill on mycroft-npr-news: GitException(Git command failed: GitCommandError(['git', 'fetch'], 1, b'error: Unable to append to .git/logs/refs/remotes/origin/18.02: Permission denied\nFrom https://github.com/MycroftAI/skill-npr-news\n ! c256291..688c9e4  18.02      -> origin/18.02  (unable to update local ref)', b''))
INFO - Nothing new for skill-wolfram-alpha
ERROR - Error running update_skill on mycroft-mark-1: GitException(Git command failed: GitCommandError(['git', 'fetch'], 128, b'error: insufficient permission for adding an object to repository database .git/objects\nfatal: failed to write object\nfatal: unpack-objects failed', b''))
INFO - Nothing new for mycroft-speak
ERROR - Error running update_skill on mycroft-date-time: GitException(Git command failed: GitCommandError(['git', 'fetch'], 1, b'error: Unable to append to .git/logs/refs/remotes/origin/18.02: Permission denied\nFrom https://github.com/MycroftAI/skill-date-time\n ! 3aa3432..2db18ef  18.02      -> origin/18.02  (unable to update local ref)', b''))
ERROR - Error running update_skill on mycroft-configuration: GitException(Git command failed: GitCommandError(['git', 'fetch'], 128, b'error: insufficient permission for adding an object to repository database .git/objects\nfatal: failed to write object\nfatal: unpack-objects failed', b''))
ERROR - Error running update_skill on mycroft-installer: GitException(Git command failed: GitCommandError(['git', 'fetch'], 128, b'error: insufficient permission for adding an object to repository database .git/objects\nfatal: failed to write object\nfatal: unpack-objects failed', b''))
ERROR - Error running update_skill on mycroft-spelling: GitException(Git command failed: GitCommandError(['git', 'fetch'], 1, b'error: Unable to append to .git/logs/refs/remotes/origin/18.02: Permission denied\nFrom https://github.com/MycroftAI/skill-spelling\n ! af77319..9a50d41  18.02      -> origin/18.02  (unable to update local ref)', b''))
ERROR - Error running update_skill on mycroft-naptime: GitException(Git command failed: GitCommandError(['git', 'fetch'], 1, b'error: Unable to append to .git/logs/refs/remotes/origin/18.02: Permission denied\nFrom https://github.com/MycroftAI/skill-naptime\n ! e81ffdd..a294e41  18.02      -> origin/18.02  (unable to update local ref)', b''))
ERROR - Error running update_skill on mycroft-stock: GitException(Git command failed: GitCommandError(['git', 'fetch'], 1, b'error: Unable to append to .git/logs/refs/remotes/origin/18.02: Permission denied\nFrom https://github.com/MycroftAI/skill-stock\n ! 751e075..0be3769  18.02      -> origin/18.02  (unable to update local ref)', b''))
INFO - Nothing new for skill-media
ERROR - Error running update_skill on mycroft-fallback-duck-duck-go: GitException(Git command failed: GitCommandError(['git', 'fetch'], 128, b'error: insufficient permission for adding an object to repository database .git/objects\nfatal: failed to write object\nfatal: unpack-objects failed', b''))
ERROR - Error running update_skill on mycroft-spotify: GitException(Git command failed: GitCommandError(['git', 'fetch'], 128, b'error: insufficient permission for adding an object to repository database .git/objects\nfatal: failed to write object\nfatal: unpack-objects failed', b''))
INFO - Nothing new for mycroft-playback-control
INFO - Nothing new for mycroft-timer
INFO - Nothing new for mycroft-joke
ERROR - Error running update_skill on mycroft-alarm: GitException(Git command failed: GitCommandError(['git', 'fetch'], 1, b'error: Unable to append to .git/logs/refs/remotes/origin/18.02: Permission denied\nFrom https://github.com/MycroftAI/skill-alarm\n ! 16e717d..48b9f65  18.02      -> origin/18.02  (unable to update local ref)', b''))
INFO - Nothing new for mycroft-singing
INFO - Nothing new for mycroft-mark-1-demo
INFO - Nothing new for skill-desktop-launcher
INFO - Nothing new for mycroft-ip
INFO - Nothing new for mycroft-pairing
INFO - Nothing new for mycroft-weather
INFO - Nothing new for fallback-wolfram-alpha
INFO - Nothing new for fallback-unknown
INFO - Nothing new for pandora-skill
INFO - Nothing new for mycroft-hello-world
INFO - Nothing new for mycroft-personal
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I think you need to run this as sudo?

3

You shouldn’t run it sudo’d. Looks like that might have been the case at some point previously, and now it no longer has permissions to update as the mycroft user.

4

I think @baconator is correct. @ubuntourist - are you able to provide an ls -las of /opt/mycrof/skills so we can see filesystem permissions?

Best, Kathy

5

Everything at the top level is owned by user “mycroft” and has reasonable permissions. However… see the bottom of this message.

total 152
4 drwxrwxrwx 38 mycroft mycroft 4096 Jun 14 18:38 .
4 drwxr-xr-x  6 mycroft mycroft 4096 Jun 14 18:37 ..
4 drwxr-xr-x  5 mycroft mycroft 4096 May 31 14:05 fallback-aiml
4 drwxr-xr-x  4 mycroft mycroft 4096 May 31 14:05 fallback-duckduckgo
4 drwxr-xr-x  6 mycroft mycroft 4096 May 31 14:05 fallback-unknown
4 drwxr-xr-x  8 mycroft mycroft 4096 May 31 14:05 fallback-wolfram-alpha
0 -rw-r--r--  1 mycroft mycroft    0 Jun 15 16:58 .msm
4 drwxr-xr-x  6 mycroft mycroft 4096 May 31 14:05 mycroft-mark-1
4 drwxr-xr-x  6 mycroft mycroft 4096 May 31 14:05 mycroft-timer
4 drwxr-xr-x  6 mycroft mycroft 4096 May 31 14:05 pianobar-skill
4 drwxr-xr-x  7 mycroft mycroft 4096 May 31 14:05 skill-alarm
4 drwxr-xr-x  7 mycroft mycroft 4096 May 31 14:05 skill-audio-record
4 drwxr-xr-x  7 mycroft mycroft 4096 May 31 14:05 skill-configuration
4 drwxr-xr-x  8 mycroft mycroft 4096 May 31 14:05 skill-date-time
4 drwxr-xr-x  7 mycroft mycroft 4096 May 31 14:05 skill-desktop-launcher
4 drwxr-xr-x  7 mycroft mycroft 4096 May 31 14:05 skill-hello-world
4 drwxr-xr-x  7 mycroft mycroft 4096 May 31 14:05 skill-installer
4 drwxr-xr-x  7 mycroft mycroft 4096 May 31 14:05 skill-ip
4 drwxr-xr-x  6 mycroft mycroft 4096 May 31 14:05 skill-joke
4 drwxr-xr-x  4 mycroft mycroft 4096 May 31 14:05 skill-mark1-demo
4 drwxr-xr-x  4 mycroft mycroft 4096 Aug  1  2017 skill-media
4 drwxr-xr-x  7 mycroft mycroft 4096 May 31 14:05 skill-naptime
4 drwxr-xr-x  7 mycroft mycroft 4096 May 31 14:05 skill-npr-news
4 drwxr-xr-x  7 mycroft mycroft 4096 May 31 13:59 skill-pairing
4 drwxr-xr-x  7 mycroft mycroft 4096 May 31 14:05 skill-personal
4 drwxr-xr-x  6 mycroft mycroft 4096 May 31 14:05 skill-playback-control
4 drwxr-xr-x  7 mycroft mycroft 4096 May 31 14:05 skill-reminder
4 drwxr-xr-x  7 mycroft mycroft 4096 May 31 14:05 skill-singing
4 drwxr-xr-x  7 mycroft mycroft 4096 May 31 14:05 skill-speak
4 drwxr-xr-x  7 mycroft mycroft 4096 May 31 14:05 skill-spelling
4 drwxr-xr-x  8 mycroft mycroft 4096 May 31 14:05 skill-stock
4 drwxr-xr-x  6 mycroft mycroft 4096 May 31 14:05 skill-stop
4 drwxr-xr-x  7 mycroft mycroft 4096 May 31 14:05 skill-support
4 drwxr-xr-x  6 mycroft mycroft 4096 May 31 14:05 skill-version-checker
4 drwxr-xr-x  8 mycroft mycroft 4096 May 31 13:59 skill-volume
4 drwxr-xr-x  8 mycroft mycroft 4096 May 31 14:05 skill-weather
4 drwxr-xr-x  8 mycroft mycroft 4096 May 31 14:05 skill-wiki
4 drwxr-xr-x  5 mycroft mycroft 4096 Jan  2 23:08 skill-wolfram-alpha
4 drwxr-xr-x  8 mycroft mycroft 4096 May 31 14:05 spotify-skill

Drilling further down with ls -AlR /opt/mycroft/skills shows some files owned by root, deep in the bowels of various /.git/ directories…

Since we have two votes for “Don’t use sudo”, I’ve set the ownership of everything in the tree to mycroft and will see where that leads me.

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That (the change of ownership) vastly improved things. I’m now down to a single error:

$ msm update
WARNING - Failed to update repo: GitException(Git command failed: GitCommandError(['git', 'config', 'remote.origin.url', 'https://github.com/MycroftAI/mycroft-skills'], 255, b'error: could not lock config file .git/config: Permission denied', b''))

followed by a bunch of INFO lines telling me most stuff is up-to-date with nothing new. (fallback-aiml had an update – a new requirements.txt file – that updated without incident.)

Mayhaps the ownership of /opt/mycroft/.skills-repo is off?

How much of /opt/mycroft should mycroft own?

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7

Mycroft should own all of it.

8

This should really be in the post about the effect ai will have on society.

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9

How do I fix this? I can use msm install, but then am denied. So I try sudo msm but then it says command not found when adding sudo

10

Hey Sean,

Can you check the file permissions on your Skills directory at: /opt/mycroft/skills

These need to be writable by the user running Mycroft. To change the permissions of all files in a directory and it’s subdirectory you can use chown with the -R flag, eg:

chown -R user:group /opt/mycroft/skills