# Cant clone/pull/fetch because of "Unable to create temporary file '$HOME/Dev/linux-stable/.git/objects/pack/tmp_pack_' 3 messages from 2017-05-14 to 2017-05-16. Participants: Thomas Schweikle, Kevin Daudt. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/45959 ## Thomas Schweikle, 2017-05-14 22:28 Subject: Cant clone/pull/fetch because of "Unable to create temporary file '$HOME/Dev/linux-stable/.git/objects/pack/tmp_pack_' Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/cf9ce8e9-a358-4fdf-aa7c-a8ab76b6429a%40gmail.com ``` $ git clone https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git linux-stable Cloning into 'linux-stable'... remote: Counting objects: 5932092, done. remote: Compressing objects: 100% (154131/154131), done. fatal: Unable to create temporary file '$HOME/Dev/linux-stable/.git/objects/pack/tmp_pack_XXXXXX': Permission denied fatal: index-pack failed Since no file/directory created by git I cant tell why git isn't able to create "$HOME/Dev/linux-stable/.git/objects/pack/tmp_pack_XXXXXX". If I try to create this file and directory I can create it: $ mkdir -p $HOME/Dev/linux-stable/.git/objects/pack $ touch $HOME/Dev/linux-stable/.git/objects/pack/tmp_pack_XXXXXX $ ll $HOME/Dev/linux-stable/.git/objects/pack/tmp_pack_XXXXXX -rw-rw-r-x+ 1 tps tps 0 May 15 00:18 /home/tps/Dev/linux-stable/.git/objects/pack/tmp_pack_XXXXXX $ $ git --version git version 2.11.0 -- Thomas ``` ## Kevin Daudt, 2017-05-16 10:38 Subject: Re: Cant clone/pull/fetch because of "Unable to create temporary file '$HOME/Dev/linux-stable/.git/objects/pack/tmp_pack_' Message-ID: <20170516103836.GB2169@alpha.vpn.ikke.info> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20170516103836.GB2169%40alpha.vpn.ikke.info In-Reply-To: ``` On Mon, May 15, 2017 at 12:28:58AM +0200, Thomas Schweikle wrote: > $ git clone > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git > linux-stable > Cloning into 'linux-stable'... > remote: Counting objects: 5932092, done. > remote: Compressing objects: 100% (154131/154131), done. > fatal: Unable to create temporary file > '$HOME/Dev/linux-stable/.git/objects/pack/tmp_pack_XXXXXX': Permission > denied > fatal: index-pack failed > > Since no file/directory created by git I cant tell why git isn't > able to create > "$HOME/Dev/linux-stable/.git/objects/pack/tmp_pack_XXXXXX". > > If I try to create this file and directory I can create it: > $ mkdir -p $HOME/Dev/linux-stable/.git/objects/pack > $ touch $HOME/Dev/linux-stable/.git/objects/pack/tmp_pack_XXXXXX > $ ll $HOME/Dev/linux-stable/.git/objects/pack/tmp_pack_XXXXXX > -rw-rw-r-x+ 1 tps tps 0 May 15 00:18 > /home/tps/Dev/linux-stable/.git/objects/pack/tmp_pack_XXXXXX > $ > > $ git --version > git version 2.11.0 > > -- > Thomas Note the '+' at the end of the permission list. This means an acl has been applied to this directory. What does getfacl '$HOME/Dev/linux-stable/.git/objects/pack/' return? ``` ## Thomas Schweikle, 2017-05-16 20:26 Subject: Re: Cant clone/pull/fetch because of "Unable to create temporary file '$HOME/Dev/linux-stable/.git/objects/pack/tmp_pack_' Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CA%2BrGx5ctrWps8JTvxL9Pn%3Do%3DQfmD%2BJbJU0QHBoJ9JJYt1A0Lgw%40mail.gmail.com In-Reply-To: <20170516103836.GB2169@alpha.vpn.ikke.info> ``` 2017-05-16 12:38 GMT+02:00 Kevin Daudt : > On Mon, May 15, 2017 at 12:28:58AM +0200, Thomas Schweikle wrote: >> $ git clone >> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git >> linux-stable >> Cloning into 'linux-stable'... >> remote: Counting objects: 5932092, done. >> remote: Compressing objects: 100% (154131/154131), done. >> fatal: Unable to create temporary file >> '$HOME/Dev/linux-stable/.git/objects/pack/tmp_pack_XXXXXX': Permission >> denied >> fatal: index-pack failed >> >> Since no file/directory created by git I cant tell why git isn't >> able to create >> "$HOME/Dev/linux-stable/.git/objects/pack/tmp_pack_XXXXXX". >> >> If I try to create this file and directory I can create it: >> $ mkdir -p $HOME/Dev/linux-stable/.git/objects/pack >> $ touch $HOME/Dev/linux-stable/.git/objects/pack/tmp_pack_XXXXXX >> $ ll $HOME/Dev/linux-stable/.git/objects/pack/tmp_pack_XXXXXX >> -rw-rw-r-x+ 1 tps tps 0 May 15 00:18 >> /home/tps/Dev/linux-stable/.git/objects/pack/tmp_pack_XXXXXX >> $ >> >> $ git --version >> git version 2.11.0 >> >> -- >> Thomas > > Note the '+' at the end of the permission list. This means an acl has > been applied to this directory. > > What does getfacl > '$HOME/Dev/linux-stable/.git/objects/pack/' return? since non of "linux-stable/.git/objects/pack" is created, I can only have a look at what acl the directories have if I create them: $ mkdir -p $HOME/Dev/linux-stable/.git/objects/pack $ LANG=C getfacl $HOME/Dev/linux-stable/.git getfacl: Removing leading '/' from absolute path names # file: home/tps/Dev/linux-stable/.git # owner: tps # group: tps user::rwx user:root:rwx user:500:rwx user:nobody:--- group::rwx group:uuidd:rwx group:crontab:r-x mask::rwx other::rwx default:user::rwx default:user:root:rwx default:user:500:rwx default:user:nobody:--- default:group::rwx default:group:uuidd:rwx default:group:crontab:r-x default:mask::rwx default:other::rwx $ LANG=C getfacl /home/tps/Dev/linux-stable/.git/objects/ getfacl: Removing leading '/' from absolute path names # file: home/tps/Dev/linux-stable/.git/objects/ # owner: tps # group: tps user::rwx user:root:rwx user:500:rwx user:nobody:--- group::rwx group:uuidd:rwx group:crontab:r-x mask::rwx other::rwx default:user::rwx default:user:root:rwx default:user:500:rwx default:user:nobody:--- default:group::rwx default:group:uuidd:rwx default:group:crontab:r-x default:mask::rwx default:other::rwx $ LANG=C getfacl /home/tps/Dev/linux-stable/.git/objects/pack/ getfacl: Removing leading '/' from absolute path names # file: home/tps/Dev/linux-stable/.git/objects/pack/ # owner: tps # group: tps user::rwx user:root:rwx user:500:rwx user:nobody:--- group::rwx group:uuidd:rwx group:crontab:r-x mask::rwx other::rwx default:user::rwx default:user:root:rwx default:user:500:rwx default:user:nobody:--- default:group::rwx default:group:uuidd:rwx default:group:crontab:r-x default:mask::rwx default:other::rwx git should not have any problems creating files and folders … but git wont even create linux-stable! -- Thomas ```