# Docker/Portainer gives Error: EACCES: permission denied, copyfile -\> '/data/settings.js'

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/docker-portainer-gives-error-eacces-permission-denied-copyfile-data-settings-js/51797>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [3 October 2021 07:32 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/docker-portainer-gives-error-eacces-permission-denied-copyfile-data-settings-js/51797 "2021-10-03T07:32:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Nap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a87d85/32.png) [@Nap](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Nap)\
**Post date:** [3 October 2021 07:32 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/docker-portainer-gives-error-eacces-permission-denied-copyfile-data-settings-js/51797/1 "2021-10-03T07:32:51Z")

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I am trying to install `Node-RED` using Docker/Portainer on my Pi4 running Raspbian but I'm getting permission errors when the container starts up. From the error message, this is a permission problem. I have tried creating/assigning a non-admin account to the container but it does not fix the problem. Any suggestions on how to fix this using `Portainer`?

In `Portainer`, I have setup:

```
Name: Node-RED
Image: nodered/node-red:latest
Ports: `host`: 1880 => `container`: 1880
Volumes: /home/user/HAStack/node-red:/data (bind)
Network: Host

```

When I deploy the container, the log shows the following errors:

```
> node-red-docker@2.0.6 start /usr/src/node-red
> node $NODE_OPTIONS node_modules/node-red/red.js $FLOWS "--userDir" "/data"

internal/fs/utils.js:314
    throw err;
    ^

Error: EACCES: permission denied, copyfile '/usr/src/node-red/node_modules/node-red/settings.js' -> '/data/settings.js'
    at Object.copyFileSync (fs.js:2059:3)
    at copyFile (/usr/src/node-red/node_modules/fs-extra/lib/copy-sync/copy-sync.js:70:6)
    at onFile (/usr/src/node-red/node_modules/fs-extra/lib/copy-sync/copy-sync.js:56:25)
    at getStats (/usr/src/node-red/node_modules/fs-extra/lib/copy-sync/copy-sync.js:48:44)
    at handleFilterAndCopy (/usr/src/node-red/node_modules/fs-extra/lib/copy-sync/copy-sync.js:33:10)
    at Object.copySync (/usr/src/node-red/node_modules/fs-extra/lib/copy-sync/copy-sync.js:26:10)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/src/node-red/node_modules/node-red/red.js:125:20)
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1072:14)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1101:10)
    at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:937:32) {
  errno: -13,
  syscall: 'copyfile',
  code: 'EACCES',
  path: '/usr/src/node-red/node_modules/node-red/settings.js',
  dest: '/data/settings.js'
}
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! node-red-docker@2.0.6 start: `node $NODE_OPTIONS node_modules/node-red/red.js $FLOWS "--userDir" "/data"`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the node-red-docker@2.0.6 start script.
npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.
```

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**Author:** ![bakman2](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/bakman2/32/6207_2.png) [@bakman2](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/bakman2)\
**Post date:** [3 October 2021 08:37 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/docker-portainer-gives-error-eacces-permission-denied-copyfile-data-settings-js/51797/2 "2021-10-03T08:37:53Z")

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See the [permissions notes in the documentation](https://nodered.org/docs/getting-started/docker) under "Managing User Data"

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**Author:** ![Nap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a87d85/32.png) [@Nap](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Nap)\
**Post date:** [3 October 2021 09:03 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/docker-portainer-gives-error-eacces-permission-denied-copyfile-data-settings-js/51797/3 "2021-10-03T09:03:31Z")

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Ok, so, using my `Portainer` volume bindings above, I needed to either create the folder `/home/user/HAStack/node-red` ahead of time using the `pi` account, or `chown pi:pi /home/user/HAStack/node-red`.

Now it's working fine.

So simple, yet I spent the afternoon searching for this answer. THANKS @bakman2 !

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/1X/d073cd938eafa2e558d7c2cd59003b3ef4963033.png) [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [2 December 2021 09:03 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/docker-portainer-gives-error-eacces-permission-denied-copyfile-data-settings-js/51797/4 "2021-12-02T09:03:33Z")

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