java nio file AccessDeniedException root home

Question

Hi Guys,

I have changed Jenkins home directory. But it showing me the below error, when I run any job.

Building in workspace /root/home
java.nio.file.AccessDeniedException: /root/kubectl
at sun.nio.fs.UnixException.translateToIOException(UnixException.java:84)
at sun.nio.fs.UnixException.rethrowAsIOException(UnixException.java:102)
at sun.nio.fs.UnixException.rethrowAsIOException(UnixException.java:107)
at sun.nio.fs.UnixFileSystemProvider.createDirectory(UnixFileSystemProvider.java:384)
at java.nio.file.Files.createDirectory(Files.java:674)
at java.nio.file.Files.createAndCheckIsDirectory(Files.java:781)
at java.nio.file.Files.createDirectories(Files.java:767)
at hudson.FilePath.mkdirs(FilePath.java:3256)
at hudson.FilePath.access$1300(FilePath.java:211)
at hudson.FilePath$Mkdirs.invoke(FilePath.java:1251)
at hudson.FilePath$Mkdirs.invoke(FilePath.java:1247)
at hudson.FilePath.act(FilePath.java:1075)
at hudson.FilePath.act(FilePath.java:1058)
at hudson.FilePath.mkdirs(FilePath.java:1243)
at hudson.model.AbstractProject.checkout(AbstractProject.java:1200)
at hudson.model.AbstractBuild$AbstractBuildExecution.defaultCheckout(AbstractBuild.java:574)
at jenkins.scm.SCMCheckoutStrategy.checkout(SCMCheckoutStrategy.java:86)
at hudson.model.AbstractBuild$AbstractBuildExecution.run(AbstractBuild.java:499)
at hudson.model.Run.execute(Run.java:1856)
at hudson.model.FreeStyleBuild.run(FreeStyleBuild.java:43)
at hudson.model.ResourceController.execute(ResourceController.java:97)
at hudson.model.Executor.run(Executor.java:428)
Finished: FAILURE

How can I solve this error?

Answer 1

Hi@akhtar,

By default Jenkins home directory is set to /var/lib/jenkins folder. But if you want to change Jenkins home directory then you have to use root user. Follow the below given steps.

• Open Jenkins configuration file.

$ vi /etc/sysconfig/jenins

• Change Jenkins home directory and Jenkins user as root.

• Restart Jenkins service.

$ systemctl restart jenkins

Hope it helps!!

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