I just hope that Gatsby team will not forget this issue. It may work, sure - but it probably watches much more than it has to, resulting with an unecessarily big footprint, and probably watches that are irrelevant but do succeed that we do not know of Not to mention the case that it might someday succeed watching any of: Last takeout you might want to pickup - It's does not look like a warning. No utility has any business touching, watching, or examining any other folder or file on the system. I have root mounted as / in WSL, so: Watchpack Error (initial scan): Error: EACCES: permission denied, lstat '/c/DumpStack.log.tmp' I also prefer ubuntu + zsh as my personal favorite. 30 comments matart15 commented on Nov 13, 2016 Yarn 0.16.1 & 0.17.0 OSX 10.11 El Capitan Node 6.2.2 Npm 3.10.3 brew uninstall --force yarn rm -rf "$HOME/.yarn brew install yarn --ignore-dependencies yarn install . npm tips and tricks eaccess permission denied Typically when installing a new npm packages globally in your system, you will encounter an error something like Error: EACCESS permission denied something. privacy statement. I don't know all the specifics but 'n all that stuff . Go ; mongo console find by id; throw new TypeError('Router.use() requires a middleware function but got a ' + gettype(fn)) drop mongo database; signIn google firebase flutter You are receiving this because you were mentioned. Already on GitHub? While that being super slower, its watching is also only partially implemented. kinds of errors for all (?) I have Windows and I am having the same issue with wsl. C:$360Section looks like 360 total security dir, @obipascal I mean path to the project, i.e. And remember there are two different node_modules. node.js windows npm operating-system permission-denied. But ideally I wouldn't need to do this via WSL. Can you provide structure of your project? Not sure if this help or not, but I started hacking react with 'babel' & 'live-server' running manually via command-line. I had issues with BrowserSync not being configured. As far as i understand, this has something to do with WSL2. Can someone explain this to me? It's only a warning and won't affect watching in any way. Each instances knows which files are watched on this instance. Well occasionally send you account related emails. listen EACCES: permission denied in windows. Suggesting folks move their code from /mnt/ to ~ is complete nonsense. What terminal do you use? Error listen EACCES permission denied 0.0.0.0:3000 / port :80 Fix On Windows (net stop start winnat) - YouTube How to fix error: listen EACCES: permission denied 0.0.0.0:3000 (or port. I don't have any issues now. (Note that modifying files from windows still won't trigger a watch event), See also this (long) issue: microsoft/WSL#4739. Watchpack Error (initial scan): Error: EACCES: permission denied, lstat '/c/swapfile.sys', Plus another, also with WSL2 + Windows 10, Watchpack Error (initial scan): Error: EACCES: permission denied, lstat '/mnt/c/DumpStack.log.tmp' Plus one running into the same issue with WSL2 + Windows 10. Everything was worked fine before today evening after i uninstalled vscode and installed again I'm facing this issue while try to run npm run app i have no clue how to fix this i tried to run vs code and command prompt or bash using run as administrator but no luck, i see lot of fixes out there for this issue but most of them are for mac they fixed it using sudo but i don't see any good fix for windows it would be appreciated much if anyone will help me fix this, TabBar and TabView without Scaffold and with fixed Widget. I have an answer that I think will help. The problem is with the path as already someone said. can't help more. Copyright IssueAntenna. Or am I misunderstanding Node's ecosystem? $ sudo npm install --unsafe-perm=true --allow-root. Error: listen EACCES: permission denied This might be happening because port or your localhost is running some other application on it. So it's not surprising that it fails for watchpack too. What is cwd when you run NODE_ENV=development webpack --watch --watch-options-stdin? Watchpack Error (initial scan): Error: EACCES: permission denied, lstat '/mnt/c/swapfile.sys', Well i also run into the same error. whenComplete() method not working as expected - Flutter Async, iOS app crashes when opening image gallery using image_picker. no restart needed. Even if we want to believe that no harm will come to those other files and folders, at a minimum this means that additional processing power is unnecessarily being used watching countless files that are not relevant to our project. Running windows 10 x64 bit, Watchpack Error (initial scan): Error: UNKNOWN: unknown error, lstat 'C:$360Section'. - DevOps Certified Professionals (DCP) - Site Reliability Engineering Certified Professionals (SRECP) Your project should not be located at /mnt/d/ or somewhere on your windows machine. Moreover, I have tested that it is only a warning like @sokra mentioned. By clicking Sign up for GitHub, you agree to our terms of service and One possible error people didn't answer here is an active IIS server in your local computer. It is working on Powershell but since WSL2 is gaining some popularity, I think we need to figure out a way to make it work there too. The same holds true for anyone trying to excuse the bad behavior of Watchpack / Webpack. Permission denied). It worked for me. This command fixed the issue. FWIW I found this thread after running into the same error on Arch Linux. Using a Node version manager to install Node.js and npm Node version managers allow us to install and switch between multiple versions of Node.js and npm. Okay, finally fixed it. I'm on Windows 10 Pro, with Docker for Windows running, and using git bash as my shell, and I was going through the steps in the README to deploy to a newly created sub-account (where cdk had already successfully bootstrapped), and got this output: The text was updated successfully, but these errors were encountered: I just now tried doing the same thing in Ubuntu via WSL, and it seems to have worked! the command again as root/Administrator (though this is not recommended). Their project, their machine their rules. For me, I just want to code in VSCode, and use all the useful kernel level tools and tooling in linux eco-system, including nodejs, apt-get tools, etc. Is it okay for webpack to tell watchpack to watch all those directories up to the root? EACCES: permission denied, lstat '/redacted' Is there some SELinux rule I have to disable or something to be able to read files? It's normal that these directories are watched. It's like inviting a friend over for dinner and finding them rifling through your underwear drawer. Sign up for free to join this conversation on GitHub . So the errors are actually irrelevant for watching these the Users directory. As others have mentioned, With WSL2 when running a Git repo + node_modules on a windows filesystem but compiling within the /mnt/c/* path with WSL2 is notoriously slow! Have a question about this project? I find it a bit complex to implement due to the series of DirectoryWatcher instances. Watchpack always watches to complete directory instead of single files for performance reasons. Same error here: I run npm install lodash but it throws Error: EACCES: permission denied error. So there is a /mnt/c instance where only Users is watched. While on Windows I use C:\_ as my source folder. I can additionally provide my own setup, but it would take quite a while to strip it down to something that can be posted on GitHub. Basically you are catching the files so that the doScan will not try to lstat them on line 653. Suppressing the warnings is probably the easy part. You signed in with another tab or window. Any app relying on WSL is just that; an application. kinds of errors for all (?) Hi anyone who comes here and don't find any answer. You want either browser-sync or browsersync, depending on your tools. drwxrwxr-x is the file permission of existing folder. This decreases the chance of running into a Windows path length limitation as it is not always possible to enable long paths. This issue is heavily holding me back at the moment. Your project should not be located at /mnt/d/ or somewhere on your windows machine. Watchpack Error (initial scan): Error: EACCES: permission denied, lstat '/mnt/c/'. to your account. Also running into this. https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AMMF3N45V4KWTFXI2PWUWCLTZXZZJANCNFSM4VS3LWJA, https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AMMF3N4KLZD2QK4LH2VFGTTUA4Z4BANCNFSM4VS3LWJA, Watchpack Error (initial scan): Error: EACCES: permission denied, lstat '/mnt/c/DumpStack.log.tmp', https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AMMF3N7VCVQ66UBIABZSVCDTYWOCTANCNFSM4VS3LWJA, [Generator] Fix generator failing on Windows using WSL, now make git clone/set up project manually. Execute permission is required for users other than root to enter or 'cd' into a directory and to read inode metadata. The problem is, since Next.js uses this version, it doesn't handle Fast Refresh in Next.js App, because of which we need to stop and restart the servers every time I make any change. permissions of the file and its containing directories, or try running npm ERR! It is likely you do not have the permissions to access this file as the current user npm ERR! For the least of it - when you emit this message - emit a warning in the spirit of, (and yes, emitting the title once and an entry per file is totally something I do in the outputs of CLI tools I author), Keep up the good work, At '~/' I created a new directory 'project' (e.g.). Sign in I'm am perturbed that the watcher is trying to watch files out of the immediate project tree. 2. Now the instance with path="/mnt/c" needs to know that it should suppress all (?) npm ERR! If I close VS Code and retry the install, then I get no errors. Error: EACCES: permission denied, rename errors when doing npm install on a project using Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) with Visual Studio Code (VS Code) open on the project. Watchpack Error (initial scan): Error: EACCES: permission denied, lstat '/mnt/d/DumpStack.log.tmp' Watchpack Error (initial scan): Error: EACCES: permission denied, lstat '/mnt/d/pagefile.sys' I get this as well in windows 10 wsl 2, after converting to gatsby 3 in my project lightmyfire17 commented on Apr 16, 2021 Okay, finally fixed it. C:\\path\to\project and version of WSL, C:\Servers\xampp\htdocs\www\bitmoservice\public, I have this issue on WSL2 Especially when virtually every tool use (VSCode, etc.) How to change background color of Stepper widget to transparent color? The directory /mnt/c maps to the Windows root drive C:\, which contains these special files like the swapfile, to which the user doesn't have access. privacy statement. After test driving Next.js for the first time today, this issue resulted in long meeting with our corporate security team to make sure some bad actor in the dependency chain didn't just steal a bunch of information. After line 594 on WatchPack module version: 2.2.0 (below the itemPaths Set creation). There's options in the systems of the Windows computer that you can set I am running the extension Remote - WSL. If it was a warning I would have known to ignore it. means I have node installed both on Windows and on WSL2, but because it's Its a relatively simple codebase and if you're worried, I recommend taking a look at it or watchpacks' own files on your system. This solution only works well if you're not dependent on launch.json with VSCode to windows executables for your project. Sorry I It would be great if you could implement and release that. Join my following certification courses. The directory /mnt/c maps to the Windows root drive C:\, which contains these special files like the swapfile, to which the user doesn't have access. ***> wrote: Watchpack Error (initial scan): Error: EACCES: permission denied, lstat '/mnt/c/'. Watching in /mnt/c won't work correctly. Node running on windows from a windows command with windows permissions it Don't worry, it's natural I'm here to help you to fix this kind of error. Browser application bundle generation complete. To fix this i need to install all pending updates and reboot 1-2 times during the process. which this particular watcher instance doesn't know about. How to check if widget is visible using FlutterDriver. files except the /mnt/c/Users subdirectory (which this particular watcher instance doesn't know about, or at least doesn't that it's special). Frontend. See here. Edit: npm . It sais "Error" up there. It's worked for me. This should work as long as you don't update the module. It's normal that these directories are watched. The project sometimes must be located on windows for some reason. All Rights Reserved. You signed in with another tab or window. On Tue, Jul 20, 2021, 11:13 Bohdan Yurov ***@***. I debug and launch within WSL2 but lint, and code in VSCode, Nothing here worked for me, my source is within wsl2 filesystem (/home//git/ but still it tries to scan the entire filesystem including /mnt/, /proc/. As the course progress, the instructor introduced webpack, and hence, this problem! I run webpack --watch --watch-options-stdin and amidst its initial build (not the subsequent builds triggered by changed files), it prints: Someone already reported the problem here, so I'll refer to those details for reproduction. Error = demands attention. The directory /mnt/c/Users is absolutely irrelevant. This includes an instance of nNix running within WSL. Each instances knows which files are watched on this instance. What is cwd when you run NODE_ENV=development webpack --watch --watch-options-stdin? We should save that time by suppressing the errors. Now the instance with path="/mnt/c" needs to know that it should suppress all (?) The 'ls' command only needs read permission to list files, but without directory execute, regular users cannot read inode metadata and therefore will not see file permissions, etc. I've got the same problem (those four errors using WSL2). I have no config telling webpack/watchpack what to watch, only that --watch flag. What is surprising (to me) is that watchpack attempts to list that directory to begin with. So I stopped IIS server to free that localhost and it worked for me. So assuming the /mnt prefix is not legit - it's a user setting. <. But they don't look like that, and in the face of any (unrelated) issues with Webpack, people will waste lots of time investigating them, and some of the end up here and even take the time to post screenshots and repro-instructions here, which shows how much time they've previously spent on debugging. The text was updated successfully, but these errors were encountered: Can you provide structure of your project? Okay that makes sense. Hello I have a workaround that doesn't involve migrating into the linux filesystem: You have to catch the offending files on the /node_modules/watchpack/lib/DirectoryWatcher.js by dropping them from the scan set. # chmod -x test-dir. Creating a file watcher at any parent folder to your project means you are allowing the component to examine, and possibly react to, file changes in completely unrelated folder structures. I have no config telling webpack/watchpack what to watch, only that --watch flag. 14,578 Solution 1. Checking version of npm and Node.js We can use the following commands for this: node -v npm -v 2. I have checked with my host and they don't have trouble using WS_FTP Lite. Okay that makes sense. Sign in to comment Assignees No one assigned Labels bug Projects None yet Watchpack Error (initial scan): Error: EACCES: permission denied, lstat '/c/pagefile.sys' Watchpack Error (initial scan): Error: EACCES: permission denied, lstat '/mnt/c/pagefile.sys' So the errors are actually irrelevant for watching these the Users directory. It's the windows filesystem mounted in linux. This may be a new behavior in webpack v5. I think that More tricky is that someone might start watching hiberfil.sys at a later time. See here. Is it okay for webpack to tell watchpack to watch all those directories up to the root? In my case, this was the source of error. So, I ran into this issue to because I was dumb and accidently ran npm next dev in a command prompt on windows and I think it messed up my webpack watcher? I find it a bit complex to implement due to the series of DirectoryWatcher instances. So I get something like this: C:\code\my_project>npm run watch This wasn't installed as a global npm module. At first I just moved the project dir from windows to wsl2 but then I tried to remove everything, git clone and npm install again but without success. An easy fix is to install using sudo but this isn't recommended as this gives permissions to scripts that can execute anything it wants which can be harmful.Instead use the recommended fix from npm: https://docs.npmjs.com/resolving-eacces-permissions-errors-when-installing-packages-globallyhttps://docs.npmjs.com/downloading-and-installing-node-js-and-npmSolution:This involves installing nvm https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm and executing the command:nvm install nodeThis will reinstall npm and node using the correct permissions and avoids the eacces permission errors. Needless to say, my project isn't in that directory and has no dependency on it. I hope it will help you too. It's /mnt/c/Users/Philipp/repos/watchpack-reproduce, I ran it quite exactly as posted above. As you have followed destroy_tablespace_directories() function, Is there any specific reason . Hi anyone who comes here and don't find any answer. Put your project outside of /mnt/c. And panicing about "the user directory might change during a session, so I better watch it" is pure nonsense. The path to the executable is incorrect. Local should stay local. This feels like behaviour that could lead to wider system insecurity ( what happens if a watcher succeeds on my swapfile and a lot of swapping is happening?) I'm having same issue. Is there any progress? Guess with the logic above, developers are expected to never use any other drive besides C? Sign up for a free GitHub account to open an issue and contact its maintainers and the community. Stop excusing bad behavior. That's faster and more reliable. My watch options are only ignoring node_modules so I'm not sure why this would be happening. Key elements are webpack v5 and WSL1 under Windows. Status: Connection attempt failed with "EACCES - Permission denied". Sign up for a free GitHub account to open an issue and contact its maintainers and the community. Trace: CRealControlSocket::OnClose (13) Trace: CFtpControlSocket::ResetOperation (66) Trace: CControlSocket::ResetOperation (66) Error: Could not connect to server That's with logs in debug mode. I should be able to list directories rather than files, right? C:$360Section interesting, can you provide path on your project? The path is a hidden file share that exists with WSL2. Here is the takeout I can contribute: Not legit to require me to move the project - this is how my customer wants it for their own reasons. Some people have problems moving the project to internal system in linux because it's less accessible and off the NTFS file system (for permissions). Watchpack always watches to complete directory instead of single files for performance reasons. This may be a new behavior in webpack v5. This works fine. doesn't care that you are running [essentially] an emulator on top of the OS. Doing so is unethical and, at a minimum, incredibly lazy. Suppressing the warnings is probably the easy part. this is what I've done in the past to absolve these kind of issues. npm is not recognized as an internal or external command in windows, node can not find webpack module on windows 10, '$' is not recognized as an internal or external command, react native windows, spawn npm ENOENT error, Cannot read property 'resolve' of undefined when using npm to install a package. The umask is applied to all files, the dmask is applied just to directories and the fmask is applied just to files. I'm on Windows 10 Pro, with Docker for Windows running, and using git bash as my shell, and I was going through the steps in the README to deploy to a newly created sub-account (where cdk had already successfully bootstrapped), and got t. Because windows filesystem access through WSL2 is not performant. Fix NPM EACCES permission denied errors (recommended fix) Global Package install - YouTube How to fix eacces permission denied errors with npm when installing a global package using. Instead just make sure you have did this: Agreed with @jmereardon17 to your account. ***> wrote: Once installed can continue as normal.Like anything else: Always keep a back up before making these changes for an easy revert :) 0:00 - Eacces error with global npm0:42 - Installing NVM1:45 - Fix: Installing npm and node with nvm2:04 - Test npm install global packageTrack: For the People Artificial.Music [Audio Library Release]Music provided by Audio Library PlusWatch: https://youtu.be/3rSaa3upylwFree Download / Stream: https://alplus.io/people path to project: /mnt/c/Users/username/Documents/Projects/gatsby-blog. Good luck. I know it is permission issue but as far as I know, sudo permission is not required for installing node module locally. That is, the command ls /mnt/c fails on the command line too. I do not expect this and do not want my development tools to access files that are not a part of my project or the development tool itself. Thank you for your service, Using flutter mobile packages in flutter web. I am in a process of migrating from Gatsby v2 to v3. What I really worry about is Watchpack recursively iterating my drive and sending its results elsewhere. How to fix eacces permission denied errors with npm when installing a global package using Ubuntu. Already on GitHub? As would anyone when they start to see the code getting access denied to directories that aren't exactly what you asked it to watch. command (node:32931) unhandledpromiserejectionwarning: error: eacces: permission denied, mkdir '/users nodejs eacces: permission denied, open nodemon error: listen eacces: permission denied / eacces permission denied \ Key elements are webpack v5 and WSL1 under Windows. I then took that UNC folder path and made it a shortcut where the initial project used to exist on "c:\source\projectA (/mnt/c/source/projectA) so that I can still open and develop in VSCode. To take the liberty to go outside the scope like this feels like a trust violation. Is MethodChannel buffering messages until the other side is "connected"? it fixed the issue for me. By clicking Sign up for GitHub, you agree to our terms of service and In this case we need to show the warning at this later time. So there is a /mnt/c instance where only Users is watched. doesn't provide the error that it can't see files in the parent directory. We want to fix that problem eventually in watchpack, by ignoring these errors for files you are not directly watching. So it's not surprising that it fails for watchpack too. Move your project folder to /home/$USER and install node_modules again. I run webpack --watch --watch-options-stdin and amidst its initial build (not the subsequent builds triggered by changed files), it prints: Someone already reported the problem here, so I'll refer to those details for reproduction. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub Can I upgrade Node.js using command line in Windows? If I run it with sudo, it gets installed inside ~/node_modules folder. I use pCloud which puts a fuse mount in my home directory and was getting Watchpack Error (initial scan): Error: EACCES: permission denied, lstat '/home/whoops/pCloudDrive'. Unfortunately, it worked only when I changed the directory. More tricky is that someone might start watching hiberfil.sys at a later time. I am having the same problem. Manually change npm's default directory If you see an EACCES error when you try to install a package globally, you can either: Reinstall npm with a node version manager (recommended), or Manually change npm's default directory Reinstall npm with a node version manager This is the best way to avoid permissions issues. The relevant entry is /mnt/c/Users which is watched because the Users directory could theoretically change to a symlink to some different location. I dig in the problem and found out the problem is the port isn't closed in the right way that could be caused easily based on killing the terminal window or the app running on the port. If you believe this might be a permissions issue, please double-check the npm ERR! Already have an account? For me this is constantly happening when Windows 10 has some pending updates. 4. You can configure your file permissions inside of your Windows drives using the mount options in wsl.conf. 3. Can someone explain this to me? I have some what of a solution, On Wed, Sep 8, 2021, 05:17 Ferhat Saritas ***@***. I have an answer that I think will help. Either because the executable is Twice per file - don't blame me for taking you seriously. After digging into this issue and reading log file I used the NPM install command with sudo and a couple of permission flags given below. You are receiving this because you were mentioned. does every swap write trigger a build? Is there any progress? in a non default file or because the path was never set. that my WSL is configured to mount /c/ and not /mnt/c. On Mon, Jul 26, 2021 at 7:04 PM Michael Spackman ***@***. it fixed the issue for me. The relevant entry is /mnt/c/Users which is watched because the Users directory could theoretically change to a symlink to some different location. I'm also not sure why it was getting permission denied when it tried, but it was certainly confusing and sent me down some rabbit holes trying to figure out what I misconfigured to make it even try. node Error: listen EACCES: permission denied ON ANY PORT [Windows], listen EACCES: permission denied in windows. The steps to follow are given below: 1. which will open a windows explorer to the linux path. More "Kinda" Related Whatever Answers View All Whatever Answers docker failed to attach docker event listener dockerstation [ERROR] Failed to start 1 Org Local Fabric: Error: Failed to execute command "/bin/sh" with arguments "start.sh" return code 1 Please don't try that. These permission masks are then put through a . That is, the command ls /mnt/c fails on the command line too. files except the /mnt/c/Users subdirectory (which this particular watcher instance doesn't know about, or at least doesn't that it's special). I did worked on testing the patch on Windows, test scenario mentioned above thread is reproducible and the provided patch resolve the issue. After reading this thread and confirming with some console.logs sure enough WatchPack was trying to lstat that mount point when watching my home directory. which this particular watcher instance doesn't know about. ***> wrote: Also check you have BrowserSync declared on your laravelMix/js file, with it's source and proxy. Right click on your User profile and select Properties. react native enoent: open failed: eacces (permission denied), open '/storage/emulated/ eacces permission denied installing code . In this case we need to show the warning at this later time. In case of junction or directory unlink function returns -1 with errno "EACCES" (i.e. It's /mnt/c/Users/Philipp/repos/watchpack-reproduce, I ran it quite exactly as posted above. Try to use cmd instead. I got this to work by running npm from a PowerShell terminal. I understand the need to watch the tree up, I don't understand why it tries to list files that are not direct parents of the paths it watches - this sounds like a bug. Then I moved my folder into '/project' and start my VSCode there. nobody reads your content of files, it is just lstat and mostly related to WSL logic and described above why it happens. When should i use streams vs just accessing the cloud firestore once in flutter? paths towards executables for the WSL. Click the Security tab, under Group or user names menu, select your user name and click on Edit. I get this as well in windows 10 wsl 2, after converting to gatsby 3 in my project. This issue is heavily holding me back at the moment. . Watchpack Error (initial scan): Error: EACCES: permission denied, scandir '/proc/1/fd' Watchpack Error (initial scan): Error: EACCES: permission denied, scandir '/proc/1/fdinfo' Watchpack Error (initial scan): Error: EACCES: permission denied, scandir '/proc/1/map_files' . Watchpack Error (watcher): Error: EACCES: permission denied, watch '/mnt/c/Windows/SysWOW64/sru' Watchpack Error (watcher): Error: EACCES: permission denied, watch '/mnt/c/Windows/appcompat/Programs' Watchpack Error (watcher): Error: EACCES: permission denied, watch '/mnt/c/Windows/security/audit' Watchpack Error (watcher): Error: EACCES: permission denied, watch '/mnt/c/Windows/security/cap' Watchpack Error (watcher): Error: EACCES: permission denied, watch '/var/cache/apt/archives/partial' . the list goes on, I think it extends every file in wsl2 (including windows filesystem in /mnt/) If anyone else encounters this like I did on Windows with WSL, I glanced over watchpack's code tonight and didn't see anything fishy as of 7-30-2022. I'm using Windows 11 with WSL 2. On my Linux and Mac boxes I use ~/Source as it is natural and expected for those operating systems. As you say, the errors are harmless. For me personally a good hybrid solution was to move the entire project inside the linux home directory. How would you create a standalone widget from this widget tree? Then inside WSL2 prompt at the path of the project you can run explorer.exe . ** Angular Live Development Server is listening on localhost:4200, open your browser on http://localhost:4200/ **. Watchpack Error (initial scan): Error: EACCES: permission denied, lstat '/c/hiberfil.sys' @Philipp91 Yep, please try to provide, and I will investigate this problem, I think something wrong in plugins/loaders/webpack-dev-server, because we are warning /mnt/ and it should not happens. Have a question about this project? The directory /mnt/c maps to the Windows root drive C:\, which contains these special files like the swapfile, to which the user doesn't have access. Watchpack Error (initial scan): Error: EACCES: permission denied, lstat '/mnt/c/hiberfil.sys' There's no way I'm going to bury data in any appllication or application-specific location. Already have an account? I kind of wonder what watchpack is doing with swapfile.sys or through which part. It would probably make sense to ignore them internally until these files are actually watched. The bottom line is that a project folder is created to ensure only the files in that structure are ever touched. That is, the command ls /mnt/c fails on the command line too. @sokra It seems like you had a particular workaround in mind. Using a mountpoint under /mnt to access a device outside of Linux is the proper way of connecting to C:\ or any other drive. I battled this for hours and ended up just having to switch to mac to get it to work, "Error: EACCES: permission denied, lstat" when deploying from git bash in Windows. The mount options allow you to set umask, dmask and fmask permissions masks. Well occasionally send you account related emails. I'll fix the unnecessary warnings, but that won't fix the watching. @Philipp91 Yep, please try to provide, and I will investigate this problem, I think something wrong in plugins/loaders/webpack-dev-server, because we are warning /mnt/ and it should not happens. there is cases where nothing is running on the port but some applications or even your code can not run the fix to this is in this order: this fixed the problem for me in many cases. 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