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Item is locked / cannot be deleted (chflags uchg) macOS: The operation can't be completed because the item is locked / rm: Operation not permitted (uchg flag)
macOS · layer 6, Platform & cloud
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Directly related (8)
macOS: Operation not permitted — Terminal/app lacks Full Disk Access (TCC privacy protection)
macOS privacy protection (TCC) blocked access to protected folders (Desktop, Documents, Downloads, Mail, Photos, external volumes…
macOS: Docker Desktop needs privileged access / com.docker.vmnetd could not be started
Docker Desktop couldn't install or start its privileged helper, so it can't set up networking.
Homebrew: Error: Permission denied @ dir_s_mkdir - /usr/local/Cellar / /opt/homebrew is not writable
Homebrew can't write to its prefix because the folders are owned by another user or root.
macOS: diskutil: Unmount of disk2s1 failed: at least one volume could not be unmounted / The disk wasn't ejected because one or more programs may be using it
macOS can't eject a drive because a process still has files open on it.
macOS: rm: /usr/bin/python: Operation not permitted — even with sudo
System Integrity Protection blocks changes to protected system locations, even for root.
macOS: ERROR: While executing gem ... (Gem::FilePermissionError) You don't have write permissions for the /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0 directory
`gem install` tries to write into Apple's system Ruby, which is protected and shouldn't be modified.
macOS: The Finder can't complete the operation because some data in "x" can't be read or written. (Error code -36)
Finder hit a read/write problem while copying — usually metadata files (`._*`, `.DS_Store`) on non-Mac file systems or a failing…
macOS: The operation can't be completed because one or more required items can't be found. (Error code -43)
Finder tried to act on an item that is gone, renamed, or an alias/symlink pointing nowhere.
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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.
Linux: Permission denied
Your user (or the service user) lacks read/write/execute permission on a file, directory or one of its parents.
user is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported.
Your account isn’t allowed to use sudo.
Error: Could not load the "sharp" module using the linux-x64 runtime
sharp’s native binary for this OS/CPU isn’t installed — usually node_modules installed on another platform (Mac → Linux/Docker).
You installed esbuild for another platform than the one you're currently using.
node_modules contains esbuild’s binary for a different OS/CPU.
npm update check failed — Try running with sudo or get access to the local update config store
npm’s update notifier couldn’t write its config — usually root-owned files in ~/.config from a past sudo npm.
PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/path'
The OS refused the file operation — no permission, a directory passed to open(), or (on Windows) the file is open elsewhere.
exec /entrypoint.sh: permission denied (container won't start)
The entrypoint or command isn’t marked executable inside the image, or it’s on a volume mounted noexec.
Homebrew: Error: It seems there is already an App at '/Applications/Chrome.app'
A cask install failed because the app is already installed manually (or a leftover exists).
macOS (Apple Silicon): zsh: bad CPU type in executable: ./tool
You ran an Intel (x86_64) program on an Apple Silicon Mac without Rosetta 2 (or an arm64 binary on an Intel Mac).
macOS: hdiutil: create failed - Resource busy (or: hdiutil: couldn't eject "disk2" - Resource busy)
A disk image operation failed because the volume or a file in it is still in use (Finder, Spotlight, a terminal).
macOS: zsh: command not found: brew (Homebrew not on PATH on Apple Silicon)
Homebrew is installed in /opt/homebrew on Apple Silicon Macs, which isn’t on PATH until you add its shellenv line.
macOS: mkdir: /data: Read-only file system / touch: /usr/bin/x: Read-only file system
Since Catalina the system volume is read-only and sealed; you can't create directories at `/` or modify system folders.
Permission denied writing to a mounted volume inside a Docker container
The process inside the container runs as a user (UID) that doesn’t own the bind-mounted host folder, so reads/writes fail with EA…
WARNING: UNPROTECTED PRIVATE KEY FILE! Permissions 0644 for 'key.pem' are too open
SSH refuses to use a private key that other users can read; it must be readable only by you (chmod 600).
SELinux is preventing ... / avc: denied { read } for pid=... (permission denied despite correct permissions)
SELinux blocked the access — file permissions look fine, but the file’s security context or a boolean doesn’t allow the service t…
Homebrew: Error: Your Command Line Tools (CLT) are too outdated. Update them from Software Update / Please update to the latest macOS
Homebrew requires a newer Command Line Tools version than the one installed.
macOS: Time Machine couldn't complete the backup. / The backup disk image could not be mounted / Backup failed with error 18/19/21/22
A Time Machine backup stopped because the destination is unavailable, full, or the backup set is damaged.
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