Please, change the owner before deploying or check your curr

Error message

Please, change the owner before deploying or check your current user with `{} whoami`.

What it means

Error "Please, change the owner before deploying or check your current user with `{} whoami`." thrown in wasmerio/wasmer.

Source

Thrown at lib/cli/src/commands/app/deploy.rs:532

            app_config,
            owner,
            original_config,
            config_path: None,
        })
    }

    async fn ensure_owner_access(
        &self,
        client: &WasmerClient,
        owner: String,
    ) -> anyhow::Result<String> {
        if wasmer_backend_api::query::viewer_can_deploy_to_namespace(client, &owner).await? {
            return Ok(owner);
        }

        eprintln!("It seems you don't have access to {}", owner.bold());
        if self.non_interactive {
            anyhow::bail!(
                "Please, change the owner before deploying or check your current user with `{} whoami`.",
                std::env::args().next().unwrap_or("wasmer".into())
            );
        }

        let user = wasmer_backend_api::query::current_user_with_namespaces(client, None).await?;
        let owner = crate::utils::prompts::prompt_for_namespace(
            "Who should own this app?",
            None,
            Some(&user),
        )?;

        Ok(owner)
    }
}

#[async_trait::async_trait]
impl AsyncCliCommand for CmdAppDeploy {

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at lib/cli/src/commands/app/deploy.rs:532 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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