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[BUG] npm doctor erroneously reports permissions problem for nonexistent ~/node_modules & /.bin#2856
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Bugthing that needs fixingPriority 1high priority issueRelease 7.xwork is associated with a specific npm 7 release

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@luckman212
luckman212
opened on Mar 11, 2021

Environment:

  • OS: macOS 11.3
  • Node: 16.0.0
  • npm: 7.11.2

There's a problem with npm doctor reporting not ok Check the permissions of files in $HOME/node_modules (should be owned by current user) for Perms check, even when those directories don't exist. Started around 7.5.x I believe, sorry not sure exactly which version. But continues as of 7.11.2.

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$ pwd
/Users/luke

$ npm doctor
npm WARN checkFilesPermission error getting info for /Users/luke/node_modules
npm WARN checkFilesPermission error getting info for /Users/luke/node_modules/.bin
Check                               Value   Recommendation/Notes
npm ping                            ok
npm -v                              ok      current: v7.11.1, latest: v7.11.1
node -v                             ok      current: v16.0.0, recommended: v16.0.0
npm config get registry             ok      using default registry (https://registry.npmjs.org/)
which git                           ok      /usr/local/bin/git
Perms check on cached files         ok
Perms check on local node_modules   not ok  Check the permissions of files in /Users/luke/node_modules (should be owned by current user)
Perms check on global node_modules  ok
Perms check on local bin folder     not ok  Check the permissions of files in /Users/luke/node_modules/.bin
Perms check on global bin folder    ok
Verify cache contents               ok      verified 3148 tarballs

npm ERR! Some problems found. See above for recommendations.

$ stat /Users/luke/node_modules
stat: /Users/luke/node_modules: stat: No such file or directory
$ stat /Users/luke/node_modules/.bin
stat: /Users/luke/node_modules/.bin: stat: No such file or directory

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  1. luckman212
    added
    Bugthing that needs fixing
    Needs Triageneeds review for next steps
    Release 7.xwork is associated with a specific npm 7 release
    on Mar 11, 2021

  2. luckman212 commented on Apr 18, 2021

    @luckman212
    luckman212
    on Apr 18, 2021
    Author

    Anyone else seeing this? Is it a mis-configuration on my end?

  3. luckman212
    changed the title [-][BUG] npm doctor erroneously reports permissions problem for ~/node_modules[/-] [+][BUG] npm doctor erroneously reports permissions problem for nonexistent ~/node_modules & /.bin[/+] on Apr 27, 2021
  4. luckman212
    closed this as completedon May 3, 2021
  5. luckman212
    reopened this on May 3, 2021
  6. darcyclarke
    added
    Priority 1high priority issue
    and removed
    Needs Triageneeds review for next steps
    on May 7, 2021

  7. darcyclarke commented on May 7, 2021

    @darcyclarke
    darcyclarke
    on May 7, 2021
    Contributor

    Known issue with npm doctor at the moment; Needs much love... setting priority accordingly

  8. wraithgar
    self-assigned this
    on Feb 22, 2022

  9. wraithgar commented on Mar 3, 2022

    @wraithgar
    wraithgar
    on Mar 3, 2022
    Contributor

    #4495

  10. wraithgar commented on Mar 10, 2022

    @wraithgar
    wraithgar
    on Mar 10, 2022
    Contributor

    Fixed in v8.5.4

  11. wraithgar
    closed this as completedon Mar 10, 2022

  12. luckman212 commented on Mar 10, 2022

    @luckman212
    luckman212
    on Mar 10, 2022
    Author

    Thanks @wraithgar

    Confirmed! 🚀

    $ npm doctor
Check                               Value  Recommendation/Notes
npm ping                            ok
npm -v                              ok     current: v8.5.4, latest: v8.5.4
node -v                             ok     current: v17.7.0, recommended: v17.7.0
npm config get registry             ok     using default registry (https://registry.npmjs.org/)
which git                           ok     /opt/homebrew/bin/git
Perms check on cached files         ok
Perms check on local node_modules   ok
Perms check on global node_modules  ok
Perms check on local bin folder     ok
Perms check on global bin folder    ok
Verify cache contents               ok     verified 5473 tarballs

  13. Tim4497 commented on Mar 31, 2022

    @Tim4497
    Tim4497
    on Mar 31, 2022

    same for me but I have over 1000 warnings:

    Check                               Value   Recommendation/Notes
npm ping                            ok
npm -v                              ok      current: v8.5.5, latest: v8.5.5
node -v                             ok      current: v16.14.2, recommended: v16.14.2
npm config get registry             ok      using default registry (https://registry.npmjs.org/)
which git                           ok      /usr/local/bin/git
Perms check on cached files         not ok  Check the permissions of files in /Users/tim/.npm (should be owned by current user)
Perms check on local node_modules   not ok  Check the permissions of files in /Users/tim/node_modules (should be owned by current user)
Perms check on global node_modules  ok
Perms check on local bin folder     ok
Perms check on global bin folder    not ok  Check the permissions of files in /usr/local/bin
Verify cache contents               ok      verified 7487 tarballs
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