# Os.mkdir is not able to create new folder in Space
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**Author:**  [@serdarakyol](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Fu%2Fserdarakyol)%5C
**Post date:** [August 15, 2023, 11:54am UTC](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Ft%2Fos-mkdir-is-not-able-to-create-new-folder-in-space%2F50818%2F1 "2023-08-15T11:54:52Z")
I have an API that is working smoothly on my local. Then, I tried to deploy my API with Space but I am always having a permission issue as below
```plaintext
File "/api/sabiduria_tool_api/services/service_sabiduria_tool.py", line 35, in save_files
mkdir(self.data_store_path)
PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/api/sabiduria_tool_api/data/'
```
Here is the method that is failing
```python
async def save_files(self) -> None:
if isdir(self.data_store_path):
old_files = self.get_files()
for o_file in old_files:
remove(f"{self.data_store_path}{o_file}")
else:
mkdir(self.data_store_path)
for file in self.files:
with open(f"{self.data_store_path}{file.filename}", "wb") as destination:
copyfileobj(file.file, destination)
```
Here is my docker file
```yml
FROM python:3.9.7
COPY ./requirements.txt /api/requirements.txt
COPY ./sabiduria_tool_api /api/sabiduria_tool_api
WORKDIR /api
RUN pip install --upgrade pip
RUN pip install -r requirements.txt
CMD ["uvicorn", "sabiduria_tool_api.main:app", "--host", "0.0.0.0", "--port", "7860"]
```
Is there a way that I can create a folder?
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**Author:**  [@chris-rannou](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Fu%2Fchris-rannou)%5C
**Post date:** [August 16, 2023, 9:51am UTC](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Ft%2Fos-mkdir-is-not-able-to-create-new-folder-in-space%2F50818%2F2 "2023-08-16T09:51:39Z")
Hello @serdarakyol,
Issue is your space is running with an unprivileged user while by default during a docker build commands are run as root.
To prevent this issue you need to copy your resources specifying the owner.
```auto
FROM python:3.9.7
# Set up a new user named "user" with user ID 1000
RUN useradd -m -u 1000 user
# Switch to the "user" user
USER user
COPY --chown=user ./requirements.txt /api/requirements.txt
COPY --chown=user ./sabiduria_tool_api /api/sabiduria_tool_api
WORKDIR /api
RUN pip install --upgrade pip
RUN pip install -r requirements.txt
CMD ["uvicorn", "sabiduria_tool_api.main:app", "--host", "0.0.0.0", "--port", "7860"]
```
You’ll find more info regarding permissions issues in the [documentation](https://huggingface.co/docs/hub/spaces-sdks-docker#permissions)
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**Author:**  [@julien-c](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Fu%2Fjulien-c)%5C
**Post date:** [August 16, 2023, 1:37pm UTC](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Ft%2Fos-mkdir-is-not-able-to-create-new-folder-in-space%2F50818%2F3 "2023-08-16T13:37:27Z")
let us know if this solves your issue @serdarakyol !
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**Author:**  [@i-darrshan](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Fu%2Fi-darrshan)%5C
**Post date:** [April 19, 2024, 10:25am UTC](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Ft%2Fos-mkdir-is-not-able-to-create-new-folder-in-space%2F50818%2F4 "2024-04-19T10:25:06Z")
I have this in Dockerfile:
FROM python:3.9.12
ENV PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE 1
ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED 1
WORKDIR /app
COPY . /app
RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
libgl1-mesa-glx \
&& rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/\*
RUN pip install --no-cache-dir flask tensorflow jsonify
RUN pip install --no-cache-dir gunicorn
EXPOSE 5000
CMD [“gunicorn”, “–workers”, “2”, “–timeout”, “180”, “–bind”, “0.0.0.0:5000”, “app:app”]
I am getting permission error when my app.py runs, telling:
…
os.makedirs(temp\_folder, exist\_ok=True)
File “/usr/local/lib/python3.9/os.py”, line 225, in makedirs
mkdir(name, mode)
PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: ‘temporary’
[2024-04-19 06:57:15 +0000] [8] [INFO] Worker exiting (pid: 8)
[2024-04-19 06:57:15 +0000] [1] [ERROR] Worker (pid:7) exited with code 3
[2024-04-19 06:57:15 +0000] [1] [ERROR] Worker (pid:8) was sent SIGTERM!
[2024-04-19 06:57:15 +0000] [1] [ERROR] Shutting down: Master
[2024-04-19 06:57:15 +0000] [1] [ERROR] Reason: Worker failed to boot.
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**Author:**  [@radames](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Fu%2Fradames)%5C
**Post date:** [April 19, 2024, 6:21pm UTC](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Ft%2Fos-mkdir-is-not-able-to-create-new-folder-in-space%2F50818%2F5 "2024-04-19T18:21:35Z")
hi @i-darrshan please make sure you the running user has permission, follow our guide here
> **[Docker Spaces](https://huggingface.co/docs/hub/spaces-sdks-docker#permissions)**
>
> We’re on a journey to advance and democratize artificial intelligence through open source and open science.
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**Author:**  [@i-darrshan](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Fu%2Fi-darrshan)%5C
**Post date:** [April 24, 2024, 11:48pm UTC](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Ft%2Fos-mkdir-is-not-able-to-create-new-folder-in-space%2F50818%2F6 "2024-04-24T23:48:55Z")
I ran that, but got some errors. So I request to modify and provide the dockerfile script for me
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**Author:**  [@radames](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Fu%2Fradames)%5C
**Post date:** [April 25, 2024, 4:56pm UTC](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Ft%2Fos-mkdir-is-not-able-to-create-new-folder-in-space%2F50818%2F7 "2024-04-25T16:56:51Z")
hi @i-darrshan could you please share a public Space ? We’d be happy to help you here
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**Author:**  [@i-darrshan](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Fu%2Fi-darrshan)%5C
**Post date:** [April 28, 2024, 2:37am UTC](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Ft%2Fos-mkdir-is-not-able-to-create-new-folder-in-space%2F50818%2F8 "2024-04-28T02:37:12Z")
hi @radames. I have made the repository public. You can now access it at i-darrshan/defecto
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**Author:**  [@saurav-sabu](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Fu%2Fsaurav-sabu)%5C
**Post date:** [October 15, 2024, 6:36am UTC](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Ft%2Fos-mkdir-is-not-able-to-create-new-folder-in-space%2F50818%2F9 "2024-10-15T06:36:08Z")
Hi @i-darrshan ,
I am facing this issue
docker file:
Can you share the dockerfile contents regarding permission to create folders and files