{"record":{"id":"7b637ab160f153f7","repo":"sqlmapproject/sqlmap","slug":"there-has-been-a-problem-while-accessing-temporary","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"there has been a problem while accessing temporary directory location(s) ('%s')","messagePattern":"there has been a problem while accessing temporary directory location\\(s\\) \\('(.+?)'\\)","errorType":"exception","errorClass":"SqlmapSystemException","httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"lib/core/option.py","lineNumber":1783,"sourceCode":"\n    if conf.tmpDir:\n        try:\n            if not os.path.isdir(conf.tmpDir):\n                os.makedirs(conf.tmpDir)\n\n            _ = os.path.join(conf.tmpDir, randomStr())\n\n            open(_, \"w+\").close()\n            os.remove(_)\n\n            tempfile.tempdir = conf.tmpDir\n\n            warnMsg = \"using '%s' as the temporary directory\" % conf.tmpDir\n            logger.warning(warnMsg)\n        except (OSError, IOError) as ex:\n            errMsg = \"there has been a problem while accessing \"\n            errMsg += \"temporary directory location(s) ('%s')\" % getSafeExString(ex)\n            raise SqlmapSystemException(errMsg)\n    else:\n        try:\n            if not os.path.isdir(tempfile.gettempdir()):\n                os.makedirs(tempfile.gettempdir())\n        except Exception as ex:\n            warnMsg = \"there has been a problem while accessing \"\n            warnMsg += \"system's temporary directory location(s) ('%s'). Please \" % getSafeExString(ex)\n            warnMsg += \"make sure that there is enough disk space left. If the problem persists, \"\n            warnMsg += \"try to set environment variable 'TEMP' to a location \"\n            warnMsg += \"writable by the current user\"\n            logger.warning(warnMsg)\n\n    if \"sqlmap\" not in (tempfile.tempdir or \"\") or conf.tmpDir and tempfile.tempdir == conf.tmpDir:\n        try:\n            tempfile.tempdir = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix=\"sqlmap\", suffix=str(os.getpid()))\n        except:\n            tempfile.tempdir = os.path.join(paths.SQLMAP_HOME_PATH, \"tmp\", \"sqlmap%s%d\" % (randomStr(6), os.getpid()))\n","sourceCodeStart":1765,"sourceCodeEnd":1801,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/sqlmapproject/sqlmap/blob/0a35b20e3953d341be6c7ac75ccb0b3362540c8d/lib/core/option.py#L1765-L1801","documentation":"_createTemporaryDirectory validates the user-supplied --tmp-dir by creating it if missing, then writing and deleting a random probe file inside it; only on success is tempfile.tempdir pointed there. An OSError/IOError anywhere in that sequence (permission denied, read-only filesystem, path is a file, disk full) is caught and re-raised as this SqlmapValueException with the OS error string embedded — the user-chosen temp location is unusable.","triggerScenarios":"Thrown at lib/core/option.py:1783 when the library encounters an invalid state.","commonSituations":"See trigger scenarios.","solutions":["Point --tmp-dir at a writable location, e.g. `--tmp-dir=/tmp` or on Windows `--tmp-dir=C:\\Users\\%USERNAME%\\AppData\\Local\\Temp`.","Check permissions: the running user must be able to create and delete files in that directory.","Verify the path is a directory, not an existing regular file, and that the parent path exists.","Omit --tmp-dir to let sqlmap fall back to the default system temporary directory."],"exampleFix":null,"handlingStrategy":"try-catch","validationCode":null,"typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":null,"preventionTips":[],"tags":[],"backgroundTag":null,"analyzedSha":"0a35b20e3953d341be6c7ac75ccb0b3362540c8d","analyzedAt":"2026-08-26T23:02:52.002Z","contentChangedAt":null,"schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-09-23T08:17:48.524Z"}