# Can I write to the file system?

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I think you can basically access the directory under `/home/user/` (or possibly `/home/` ?) using that method. There is no way to access a path higher up…

(This also causes an error in `Dockerfile`’s `WORKDIR`, etc.)

> [@Error code 137 - cache error](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Ft%2Ferror-code-137-cache-error%2F152177)%3A
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> build error Job failed with exit code: 137 the docker image is FROM [ghcr.io/open-webui/open-webui:latest](http://ghcr.io/open-webui/open-webui:latest). my cpu is of Upgrade, persistent storage = small. This was working perfectly and stopped i think since 10 days ago

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