{"record":{"id":"078ecb86b183b799","repo":"sqlmapproject/sqlmap","slug":"you-don-t-have-enough-permissions-to-write-to-the","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"you don't have enough permissions to write to the output directory '%s' (%s)","messagePattern":"you don't have enough permissions to write to the output directory '(.+?)' \\((.+?)\\)","errorType":"exception","errorClass":"SqlmapMissingPrivileges","httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"lib/core/target.py","lineNumber":747,"sourceCode":"        conf.outputPath = tempDir\n\n    conf.outputPath = getUnicode(conf.outputPath)\n\n    try:\n        with openFile(os.path.join(conf.outputPath, \"target.txt\"), \"w+\") as f:\n            f.write(getUnicode(kb.originalUrls.get(conf.url) or conf.url or conf.hostname))\n            f.write(\" (%s)\" % (HTTPMETHOD.POST if conf.data else HTTPMETHOD.GET))\n            f.write(\"  # %s\" % getUnicode(subprocess.list2cmdline(sys.argv), encoding=sys.stdin.encoding))\n            if conf.data:\n                f.write(\"\\n\\n%s\" % getUnicode(conf.data))\n    except IOError as ex:\n        if \"denied\" in getUnicode(ex):\n            errMsg = \"you don't have enough permissions \"\n        else:\n            errMsg = \"something went wrong while trying \"\n        errMsg += \"to write to the output directory '%s' (%s)\" % (paths.SQLMAP_OUTPUT_PATH, getSafeExString(ex))\n\n        raise SqlmapMissingPrivileges(errMsg)\n    except UnicodeError as ex:\n        warnMsg = \"something went wrong while saving target data ('%s')\" % getSafeExString(ex)\n        logger.warning(warnMsg)\n\n    _createDumpDir()\n    _createFilesDir()\n    _configureDumper()\n\ndef _setAuxOptions():\n    \"\"\"\n    Setup auxiliary (host-dependent) options\n    \"\"\"\n\n    kb.aliasName = randomStr(seed=hash(conf.hostname or \"\"))\n\ndef _restoreMergedOptions():\n    \"\"\"\n    Restore merged options (command line, configuration file and default values)","sourceCodeStart":729,"sourceCodeEnd":765,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/sqlmapproject/sqlmap/blob/0a35b20e3953d341be6c7ac75ccb0b3362540c8d/lib/core/target.py#L729-L765","documentation":"Error \"you don't have enough permissions to write to the output directory '%s' (%s)\" thrown in sqlmapproject/sqlmap.","triggerScenarios":"Thrown at lib/core/target.py:747 when the library encounters an invalid state.","commonSituations":"See trigger scenarios.","solutions":[],"exampleFix":null,"handlingStrategy":null,"validationCode":null,"typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":null,"preventionTips":[],"tags":[],"backgroundTag":null,"analyzedSha":"0a35b20e3953d341be6c7ac75ccb0b3362540c8d","analyzedAt":"2026-08-26T23:02:52.002Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-08-27T03:17:27.898Z"}