{"record":{"id":"ee1efbb836b80242","repo":"sqlmapproject/sqlmap","slug":"there-has-been-a-problem-while-setting-temporary-d","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"there has been a problem while setting temporary directory location ('%s')","messagePattern":"there has been a problem while setting temporary directory location \\('(.+?)'\\)","errorType":"exception","errorClass":"SqlmapSystemException","httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"lib/core/option.py","lineNumber":1810,"sourceCode":"            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\n    kb.tempDir = tempfile.tempdir\n\n    if not os.path.isdir(tempfile.tempdir):\n        try:\n            os.makedirs(tempfile.tempdir)\n        except Exception as ex:\n            errMsg = \"there has been a problem while setting \"\n            errMsg += \"temporary directory location ('%s')\" % getSafeExString(ex)\n            raise SqlmapSystemException(errMsg)\n\n    conf.tempDirs.append(tempfile.tempdir)\n\n    if six.PY3:\n        _pympTempLeakPatch(kb.tempDir)\n\ndef _cleanupOptions():\n    \"\"\"\n    Cleanup configuration attributes.\n    \"\"\"\n\n    if conf.encoding:\n        try:\n            codecs.lookup(conf.encoding)\n        except LookupError:\n            errMsg = \"unknown encoding '%s'\" % conf.encoding\n            raise SqlmapValueException(errMsg)\n","sourceCodeStart":1792,"sourceCodeEnd":1828,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/sqlmapproject/sqlmap/blob/0a35b20e3953d341be6c7ac75ccb0b3362540c8d/lib/core/option.py#L1792-L1828","documentation":"Thrown by _createTemporaryDirectory when tempfile.mkdtemp() fails to create sqlmap's private temporary directory, forcing a fallback under SQLMAP_HOME_PATH/tmp, and that fallback path also is not a usable directory. It fires when TEMP/TMP point to unwritable or missing locations or the filesystem is full.","triggerScenarios":"Thrown at lib/core/option.py:1810 when the library encounters an invalid state.","commonSituations":"See trigger scenarios.","solutions":["Set the TEMP (or TMP) environment variable to a directory writable by the current user before running sqlmap","Verify disk space and permissions on the target temp location","Run sqlmap with --tmp-dir pointing to a writable directory if supported"],"exampleFix":null,"handlingStrategy":"fallback","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"}