Error map
Too many levels of symbolic links Too many levels of symbolic links (ELOOP)
Linux · layer 6, Platform & cloud
Centre: this error. First ring: errors it is linked with (10). Outer ring: what those are linked with. Colours show the layer of a request each error belongs to. Click any dot to re-centre the map on it; hover to follow its connections. The centre dot opens the error page.
Directly related (10)
Linux: Permission denied
Your user (or the service user) lacks read/write/execute permission on a file, directory or one of its parents.
java.nio.file.AccessDeniedException: /path
The OS denied a file operation to the Java process.
System.UnauthorizedAccessException: Access to the path 'x' is denied
The process’s identity can’t read/write that file or folder — IIS app pool identity, container user, read-only attribute, or a di…
Error 0x80070570: The file or directory is corrupted and unreadable
Windows can’t read a file because the disk, USB stick or installation media has corrupted data or bad sectors.
Read-only file system (EROFS) — cannot write to disk
The filesystem is mounted read-only — often because the kernel remounted it after detecting disk errors.
No space left on device, but df shows free space (inodes exhausted)
The filesystem has run out of inodes — the slots for files — even though there are gigabytes free, usually because of millions of…
umount: target is busy / Device or resource busy
The filesystem or device can’t be unmounted or removed because a process is still using it.
bash: /bin/rm: Argument list too long
A glob like * expanded to more file names than the kernel allows in one command (ARG_MAX), so the command never ran.
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sdb1, missing codepage or helper program
mount couldn’t mount the device — the filesystem type isn’t supported/installed, the partition is wrong, or the filesystem is dam…
0x80070020: The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process
Another program has the file open (locked), so Windows can’t modify, delete or replace it.
Two steps away (27)
Git: Permission denied (publickey). fatal: Could not read from remote repository.
SSH authentication to GitHub/GitLab/Bitbucket failed — no key, wrong key, or the key isn’t added to your account.
npm ERR! code EACCES — permission denied
npm can’t write to a directory — usually global installs into a root-owned folder.
Cannot connect to the Docker daemon at unix:///var/run/docker.sock. Is the docker daemon running?
The docker CLI can’t talk to the Docker engine — it isn’t running, or your user can’t access the socket.
HTTP 403 Forbidden
The server understood the request but refuses to authorize it — you (or the server process) are not allowed to access this resour…
OAuth 2.0 Error: invalid_scope / insufficient_scope
The requested scope is unknown or not allowed for this client — or the token lacks the scope the API endpoint requires.
Windows Error 0x80070005 (E_ACCESSDENIED): Access is denied
Windows refused an operation because the account or process lacks permission — seen in Windows Update, installers, Task Scheduler…
Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory
A file or directory the program tried to open doesn’t exist at that path.
user is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported.
Your account isn’t allowed to use sudo.
WordPress: Sorry, you are not allowed to access this page.
Your user role lacks the capability for that admin screen — or the database table prefix / user capabilities are out of sync afte…
Blue Screen: MEMORY_MANAGEMENT (Stop code 0x0000001A)
Windows detected a severe memory-management error — commonly faulty RAM, unstable memory settings or a bad driver.
java.io.FileNotFoundException: config.properties (No such file or directory)
Java couldn’t open the file — wrong path relative to the working directory, missing file, or a classpath resource read as a file.
java.nio.file.NoSuchFileException: /path/file
An NIO Files operation targeted a path that doesn’t exist.
passwd: Authentication token manipulation error
passwd couldn’t update the password — the root filesystem is read-only, /etc/shadow has wrong permissions/attributes, or a PAM ru…
The media is write protected / The disk is write-protected (USB or SD card)
Windows refuses to write to the drive because a hardware lock, a read-only attribute, a policy, or a failing flash device is in e…
no space left on device (Docker / Linux)
The disk (or inode table) is full — Docker images, build cache, logs and volumes are common culprits.
Error: EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, read
A file API (readFile, writeFile, createReadStream) was given a directory path.
Error: ENOTDIR: not a directory
A path treats a file as if it were a directory (e.g. file.txt/child).
Text file busy (ETXTBSY) when replacing or running a binary
You tried to overwrite an executable that is currently running, or run one that is still open for writing.
bash: command not found
The shell can’t find an executable with that name in any directory on your PATH.
Error: EEXIST: file already exists, mkdir
Node tried to create a file/directory/symlink that already exists.
npm ERR! code ENOTEMPTY — ENOTEMPTY: directory not empty, rename
npm couldn’t rename a folder in node_modules because it wasn’t empty — usually a corrupted or concurrently modified node_modules.
Warning: include(x.php): Failed to open stream: No such file or directory
PHP couldn’t open a file for include/require/fopen — wrong path, missing file, or no permission.
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'data.csv'
Python couldn’t find the file at that path — usually because relative paths resolve from the working directory, not the script.
UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0x92 in position 10: invalid start byte
Python read bytes that aren’t valid in the encoding it assumed (usually UTF-8).
npm ERR! code EROFS — EROFS: read-only file system
npm tried to write to a read-only location (read-only container filesystem, mounted volume, or system path).
sqlite3.OperationalError: unable to open database file
SQLite couldn’t open or create the database file — wrong path or missing/unwritable directory.
The trust relationship between this workstation and the primary domain failed
The computer’s machine account password no longer matches Active Directory, so domain logins fail.
Map another error
Popular: 4035004000xC000007BTypeErrorCritical error404NullPointerException