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I have a postinstall script in my package.json file for a node module, that locates a file within the node module and copies it to another directory. if I run the post install script by itself, it executes without issue. However, when I make a tarball of the module and try to install it in another repo, I get a permission denied and exit status 126 message. I tried simplifying the file to a single console.log("foo") line and it still fails to execute. I have manually checked all permissions the target directory and all its parent directories; they are read-write for everyone (Mac). Has anyone encountered this?

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  • Google says "exit status 126" means it's a permissions problem or the script is not an executable. Since you know it's an executable, that leaves the permissions. You've checked the read/write permissions, but what about the execute permission of the file? – Sunil D. Aug 28 '15 at 03:09
  • Thanks, Sunil. I have manually changed all the permissions to read/write, used sudo, and tried --unsafe all to no avail. Any ideas? – don_jacuzzi Aug 28 '15 at 05:54

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I hadn't found this thread until it showed up as related to my posted question, but this solved my problem.

npm install - how to run build scripts with sufficient permissions?

Thanks to Pascal Belloncle

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