Error in Jenkins Mac Catalina - cannot access parent directories: Operation not permitted

Question

I updated my mac to catalina and i am starting to get this error. Before everything was working fine.

I am trying to cd into the directory from my jenkins workspace and run my npm tests and i am getting the error below:

shell-init: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: Operation not permitted
    + git reset --hard HEAD
    job-working-directory: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: Operation not permitted
    fatal: Unable to read current working directory: Operation not permitted

3 questions: what directory is it trying to access? what user is the jenkins process running as? Is it a jenkins master or slave? — gaige, Apr 30 '20 at 01:22
@gaige, thanks for responding. I am trying to access the folder on my desktop, it is running as master and it is my user which has admin access — cva6, Apr 30 '20 at 02:41

score 7 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 15 '20 at 03:16

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I don't know how secure this is, but, you can also resolve this issue by going to System preferences -> Privacy -> Full Disk Access and giving "/bin/sh" full disk access.

I found this solution here: https://www.symscape.com/node/1727

answered Dec 15 '20 at 03:16

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score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 30 '20 at 21:49

Catalina has a more complex set of permissions than previous versions of macOS X, and therefore requires you to do some additional work if you want the process to access files in certain folders, including the Desktop folder.

For normal applications, you can grant access using the System Preferences and the Privacy tab. For background applications, it's a bit more difficult, and especially with the java interpreter, but you should be able to add the java interpreter to the list of excluded Apps.

However, you may want to consider not using a folder on your Desktop to avoid this.

thank you i moved my folders from desktop and now it works – cva6 May 01 '20 at 01:19 — cva6, May 01 '20 at 01:19

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 21 '22 at 16:24

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Here is the solution (MacOS Version 12.6 and later):

System Preferences -> Privacy -> Developer Tools -> Terminal (set here the checkpoint to enabled)

Here comes the screenshot

answered Dec 21 '22 at 16:24

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score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Nov 19 '21 at 12:21

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I solved it by changing permissions:

Select *.py file.
Choose Get Info or shortcut command + I
Scroll to Sharing & permissions
For name everyone pick Read & Write

answered Nov 19 '21 at 12:21

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Aug 25 '23 at 16:19

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This works for me(Mac OS 13.3 or later) : System Preferences -> Privacy & Security -> Full Disk Access -> Terminal (set here the checkpoint to enabled)

answered Aug 25 '23 at 16:19

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Error in Jenkins Mac Catalina - cannot access parent directories: Operation not permitted

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