What causes "edit: redirector directory does not exist: %s" in kgretzky/evilginx2?

Create the directory first: mkdir -p / and place the redirector files there

edit: redirector directory does not exist: %s

Error message

edit: redirector directory does not exist: %s

What it means

In 'lures edit <id> redirector <name>', the resolved redirector directory (joined with the redirectors dir if the value was relative) does not exist on disk, verified via os.Stat. The lure cannot reference a non-existent redirector, so the edit fails without changes.

Source

Thrown at core/terminal.go:1028

						}
						l.OgUrl = u.String()
					} else {
						l.OgUrl = ""
					}
					do_update = true
					log.Info("og_url = '%s'", l.OgUrl)
				case "redirector":
					if val != "" {
						path := val
						if !filepath.IsAbs(val) {
							redirectors_dir := t.cfg.GetRedirectorsDir()
							path = filepath.Join(redirectors_dir, val)
						}

						if _, err := os.Stat(path); !os.IsNotExist(err) {
							l.Redirector = val
						} else {
							return fmt.Errorf("edit: redirector directory does not exist: %s", path)
						}
					} else {
						l.Redirector = ""
					}
					do_update = true
					log.Info("redirector = '%s'", l.Redirector)
				case "ua_filter":
					if val != "" {
						if _, err := regexp.Compile(val); err != nil {
							return err
						}

						l.UserAgentFilter = val
					} else {
						l.UserAgentFilter = ""
					}
					do_update = true
					log.Info("ua_filter = '%s'", l.UserAgentFilter)

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Solutions

Create the directory first: mkdir -p <redirectors_dir>/<name> and place the redirector files there
List existing redirector directories and use an exact existing name
Run the tool from the directory containing the expected redirectors/ folder

Example fix

// before (dir missing)
lures edit 0 redirector my-redirector
// after
mkdir -p ~/.evilginx/redirectors/my-redirector
lures edit 0 redirector my-redirector

Defensive patterns

Strategy: validation

Validate before calling

path := filepath.Join(redirectorsDir, name)
if _, err := os.Stat(path); os.IsNotExist(err) {
    return fmt.Errorf("create redirector dir first: %s", path)
}

Type guard

func redirectorExists(dir, name string) bool {
    _, err := os.Stat(filepath.Join(dir, name))
    return !os.IsNotExist(err)
}

Try / catch

if _, err := os.Stat(path); os.IsNotExist(err) {
    if mkErr := os.MkdirAll(path, 0o755); mkErr != nil {
        return mkErr
    }
}

Prevention

Create the redirector directory before assigning it
Verify the exact directory name with a listing
Run evilginx2 from a location where the redirectors dir resolves correctly

When it happens

Trigger: Running `lures edit <id> redirector <name>` where `<redirectors_dir>/<name>` does not exist, or with a bare name when no default redirector directory is configured (path resolves directly to `val`).

Common situations: Typo in the redirector folder name, redirector files never created/imported, or running from a working directory where the redirectors dir path differs.

Understand the failure class

Background: "File not found" and ENOENT errors: why libraries can't find a file that should exist — this error's family across 50 libraries.

Related errors

AI-assisted analysis of kgretzky/evilginx2@4c0988a1d9 (2026-09-05). Data as JSON: /api/errors/cf5dbb2085a9d5cd. Report an issue: GitHub.