Problem with opening document on server: Permission Denied Error

[Kate_]

Hello!

1  On computer #1, I created a document using the API of Python to load photos into it.
2. The document is saved on computer #2, where the Metashape server and working node are deployed
3. An AlignPhoto() NetworkTask is sent to the server specifying the path to the project

Error Details:

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2025-04-22 14:04:51 Matching photos...
2025-04-22 14:04:51 Error: Can't create directory: Permission denied (13): /path/to/project/20250422_1404.files/0/0/point_cloud
2025-04-22 14:04:51 processing failed in 0.202449 sec

Filesystem Information:
Results of ls -l in the project directory:

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drwxr-xr-x 3 nobody nogroup 4096 апр 22 14:04 20250422_1404.files
-rwxr--r-- 1 nobody nogroup  106 апр 22 14:04 20250422_1404.psx


The Metashape server process is unable to create directories within the project structure due to permission issues. The files are owned by "nobody:nogroup" with permissions that don't allow the server process to write to the directory.


Has anyone encountered a similar issue? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

[Alexey Pasumansky]

Hello Kate,

Please elaborate the steps you are following so that we could try to reproduce the same issue on our side, for example:
- script has been run on Computer #1, but the project has been saved to Computer #2 via network? If so, that how the network folder has been mounted?
- from what machine/account the network processing script has been started?