[Ipython-tickets] [IPython] #164: Permission denied during setup: ipython creates read-only files!

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#164: Permission denied during setup: ipython creates read-only files!
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 Reporter:  tal      |       Owner:  fperez
     Type:  defect   |      Status:  new   
 Priority:  normal   |   Milestone:        
Component:  ipython  |     Version:        
 Severity:  normal   |    Keywords:        
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 IPython fails on first run because the .ipython directory it creates is
 read-only. I was trying to make a Zero Install feed for it. All programs
 run through Zero Install have their code marked as read-only; maybe it is
 copying these permissions when it creates ~/.ipython?


 {{{
 /home/talex/Projects/zero-install/htdocs/2007/3rd-party/os.py in
 makedirs(name=p
 ath('/home/talex/.ipython/db'), mode=511)
     157
     158     """
     159     from errno import EEXIST
     160     head, tail = path.split(name)
     161     if not tail:
     162         head, tail = path.split(head)
     163     if head and tail and not path.exists(head):
     164         try:
     165             makedirs(head, mode)
     166         except OSError, e:
     167             # be happy if someone already created the path
     168             if e.errno != EEXIST:
     169                 raise
     170         if tail == curdir:           # xxx/newdir/. exists if
 xxx/newdir
  exists
     171             return
 --> 172     mkdir(name, mode)
         global mkdir = <built-in function mkdir>
         name = path('/home/talex/.ipython/db')
         mode = 511
     173
     174 def removedirs(name):
     175     """removedirs(path)
     176
     177     Super-rmdir; remove a leaf directory and all empty
 intermediate
     178     ones.  Works like rmdir except that, if the leaf directory is
     179     successfully removed, directories corresponding to rightmost
 path
     180     segments will be pruned away until either the whole path is
     181     consumed or an error occurs.  Errors during this latter phase
 are
     182     ignored -- they generally mean that a directory was not empty.
     183
     184     """
     185     rmdir(name)
     186     head, tail = path.split(name)
     187     if not tail:

 <type 'exceptions.OSError'>: [Errno 13] Permission denied:
 '/home/talex/.ipython
 /db'
 Could not create crash report on disk.
 }}}

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Ticket URL: <http://projects.scipy.org/ipython/ipython/ticket/164>
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