sqlmapproject/sqlmap · error · SqlmapMissingPrivileges

you don't have enough permissions to write to the output dir

Error message

you don't have enough permissions to write to the output directory '%s' (%s)

What it means

Error "you don't have enough permissions to write to the output directory '%s' (%s)" thrown in sqlmapproject/sqlmap.

Source

Thrown at lib/core/target.py:747

        conf.outputPath = tempDir

    conf.outputPath = getUnicode(conf.outputPath)

    try:
        with openFile(os.path.join(conf.outputPath, "target.txt"), "w+") as f:
            f.write(getUnicode(kb.originalUrls.get(conf.url) or conf.url or conf.hostname))
            f.write(" (%s)" % (HTTPMETHOD.POST if conf.data else HTTPMETHOD.GET))
            f.write("  # %s" % getUnicode(subprocess.list2cmdline(sys.argv), encoding=sys.stdin.encoding))
            if conf.data:
                f.write("\n\n%s" % getUnicode(conf.data))
    except IOError as ex:
        if "denied" in getUnicode(ex):
            errMsg = "you don't have enough permissions "
        else:
            errMsg = "something went wrong while trying "
        errMsg += "to write to the output directory '%s' (%s)" % (paths.SQLMAP_OUTPUT_PATH, getSafeExString(ex))

        raise SqlmapMissingPrivileges(errMsg)
    except UnicodeError as ex:
        warnMsg = "something went wrong while saving target data ('%s')" % getSafeExString(ex)
        logger.warning(warnMsg)

    _createDumpDir()
    _createFilesDir()
    _configureDumper()

def _setAuxOptions():
    """
    Setup auxiliary (host-dependent) options
    """

    kb.aliasName = randomStr(seed=hash(conf.hostname or ""))

def _restoreMergedOptions():
    """
    Restore merged options (command line, configuration file and default values)

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at lib/core/target.py:747 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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