[GRASS-user] GRASS: Permission denied

Wolfgang_Kresse · May 23, 2022, 3:52am

Hi,

I am new to GRASS, but I apply it for giving a course for practitioners in Peru.

Problem:
Permission denied after start of GRASS

Actions:
I did the installation with my user account (kresse). Right after the installation, GRASS worked fine. But after logoff and login I got this error message after start:

"C:\Program Files\GRASS GIS 8.0\extrabin\python3.exe: can't open file 'C:\Program Files\GRASS GIS 8.0\etc\grass80.py': [Errno 13] Permission denied"

I got the same error message when I logged in as admin.

The only work-around that I found was a reinstallation with admin rights and then run the program with admin, too. The forums in the Internet gave indications to the bug.

What shall I do?

Remark: I scanned through the "grass-user Archives" back to January 2020, however with no success.

With best regards
Wolfgang

Neubrandenburg University of Applied Sciences
Faculty of Landscape Sciences and Geomatics
Brodaer Strasse 2
17033 Neubrandenburg
Germany

Tel. +49 (0) 395 5693 4865 or 4002
Fax +49 (0) 395 5693 4999
E-mail kresse@hs-nb.de

veroandreo · May 23, 2022, 12:16pm

Hello Wolfgang,

In our PSC meeting, Martin commented on this (last bullet point here: https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/PSC/Minutes/PSC_Meeting_20220513). Are you by chance using the standalone installer? Would it be possible for you to test GRASS installed through the OSGeo4W installer?

Best,
Vero

El lun, 23 may 2022 a las 5:58, Wolfgang Kresse (<kresse@hs-nb.de>) escribió:

Hi,

I am new to GRASS, but I apply it for giving a course for practitioners
in Peru.

Problem:
Permission denied after start of GRASS

Actions:
I did the installation with my user account (kresse). Right after the
installation, GRASS worked fine. But after logoff and login I got this
error message after start:

“C:\Program Files\GRASS GIS 8.0\extrabin\python3.exe: can’t open file
‘C:\Program Files\GRASS GIS 8.0\etc\grass80.py’: [Errno 13] Permission
denied”

I got the same error message when I logged in as admin.

The only work-around that I found was a reinstallation with admin rights
and then run the program with admin, too. The forums in the Internet
gave indications to the bug.

What shall I do?

Remark: I scanned through the “grass-user Archives” back to January
2020, however with no success.

With best regards
Wolfgang

Neubrandenburg University of Applied Sciences
Faculty of Landscape Sciences and Geomatics
Brodaer Strasse 2
17033 Neubrandenburg
Germany

Tel. +49 (0) 395 5693 4865 or 4002
Fax +49 (0) 395 5693 4999
E-mail kresse@hs-nb.de

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Wolfgang_Kresse · May 23, 2022, 2:18pm

Hello Veronica,

thank you for your great help! After having used the OSGeo4W installer, it works fine, i.e. I can start GRASS without admin-rights.

Remarks:

In my first try, I did the standalone-installation with
WinGRASS-8.0.1-1-Setup.exe

Now, the installation with OSGeo4W gave me version 7.8.5. But this is fine for me.

With kind regards
Wolfgang

Am 23/05/2022 um 07:16 schrieb Veronica Andreo:

Hello Wolfgang,

In our PSC meeting, Martin commented on this (last bullet point here: https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/PSC/Minutes/PSC_Meeting_20220513). Are you by chance using the standalone installer? Would it be possible for you to test GRASS installed through the OSGeo4W installer?

Best,
Vero

El lun, 23 may 2022 a las 5:58, Wolfgang Kresse (<kresse@hs-nb.de <mailto:kresse@hs-nb.de>>) escribió:

    Hi,

    I am new to GRASS, but I apply it for giving a course for practitioners
    in Peru.

    Problem:
    Permission denied after start of GRASS

    Actions:
    I did the installation with my user account (kresse). Right after the
    installation, GRASS worked fine. But after logoff and login I got this
    error message after start:

    "C:\Program Files\GRASS GIS 8.0\extrabin\python3.exe: can't open file
    'C:\Program Files\GRASS GIS 8.0\etc\grass80.py': [Errno 13] Permission
    denied"

    I got the same error message when I logged in as admin.

    The only work-around that I found was a reinstallation with admin
    rights
    and then run the program with admin, too. The forums in the Internet
    gave indications to the bug.

    What shall I do?

    Remark: I scanned through the "grass-user Archives" back to January
    2020, however with no success.

    With best regards
    Wolfgang

    Neubrandenburg University of Applied Sciences
    Faculty of Landscape Sciences and Geomatics
    Brodaer Strasse 2
    17033 Neubrandenburg
    Germany

    Tel. +49 (0) 395 5693 4865 or 4002
    Fax +49 (0) 395 5693 4999
    E-mail kresse@hs-nb.de <mailto:kresse@hs-nb.de>

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Blumentrath_Stefan1 · May 24, 2022, 6:59am

Hi Wolfgang,

The OSGeo4W network installer (http://download.osgeo.org/osgeo4w/v2/osgeo4w-setup.exe) should provide you with the following GRASS GIS version (per 24.05.2022):
GRASS GIS 7.8.7 (package "grass")
GRASS GIS 8.0.2 (package "grass8")
GRASS GIS 8.3.dev (package "grass-dev")

You may have to choose "advanced install" to be able to select another (or multiple) GRASS GIS versions.

Cheers
Stefan

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