Sorry team another question In order to run some commands su

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Sorry team another question In order to run some commands such as `fleetctl query` or `fleetctl config` I have to call sudo Is there some way for me to make that go away or is that on purpose

Kathy Satterlee · Answer

NPM and permissions can be a little odd at times Did you have to use `sudo` for the install as well

Mo Zhu · Answer

I did not I just ran the command

Mo Zhu · Answer

And some fleetctl commands do not require sudo

Mo Zhu · Answer

oh actually

Mo Zhu · Answer

that s not true I do need to run sudo for everything

Mo Zhu · Answer

It might be because I m using fleetctl from an orbit build that was given to me It might not have been intended for me to use it in a dev like way

Kathy Satterlee · Answer

Gotcha It definitely sounds like permissions I generally use `nvm` to install Node and npm There s some good documentation <https docs npmjs com resolving eacces permissions errors when installing packages globally|here> It s specifically focused on errors when installing global packages but the same idea applies

zwass · Answer

Yes it definitely depends on how you install fleetctl This might fix it `chmod a+x $ which fleetctl `

Kathy Satterlee · Answer

^

Kathy Satterlee · Answer

< zwass> always knows what s what

Mo Zhu · Answer

Awesome thanks

Mo Zhu · Answer

Alright sorry so now I m getting a different permission error

Mo Zhu · Answer

`open Users mozhu fleet config permission denied`

Mo Zhu · Answer

So to address this I ran `chmod a+rw ~ fleet config`

Mo Zhu · Answer

Now that file is permission 666

Mo Zhu · Answer

However when I run a query it gives me a new error `File Users mozhu fleet config already exists with mode 666 instead of the expected 600`

Mo Zhu · Answer

So it seems like it wants me to have a root only readable config file But I think that would require me to sudo

Keith Swagler · Answer

just to catch up you can run fleetctl as user mozhu now If you are running fleetctl as mozhu you should be able to set the perms back to 600 on ~ fleet config

Mo Zhu · Answer

< Keith Swagler> No because if I run fleetctl as mozhu I get `Error error verifying that config exists at Users mozhu fleet config open Users mozhu fleet config permission denied`

zwass · Answer

Ah yeah it seems like all the permissions got created for user `root` You ll want to do `sudo chown R mozhu Users mozhu fleet config`

Mo Zhu · Answer

That worked all good now