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Guss
Asked: 2014-06-02 01:26:46 +0800 CST

Using npm install as a MS-Windows system account

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I have a node application running on Windows, which I want to be able to update automatically. When I run npm install -d as the Administrator account - it works fine, but when I try to run it through my automation software (that is running as local system), I get errors when I try to install a private module from a private git repository:

    npm ERR! git clone [email protected]:team/repository.git fatal: Could not change back to 'C:/Windows/system32/config/systemprofile/AppData/Roaming/npm-cache/_git-remotes/git-bitbucket-org-team-repository-git-06356f5b': No such file or directory
    npm ERR! Error: Command failed: fatal: Could not change back to 'C:/Windows/system32/config/systemprofile/AppData/Roaming/npm-cache/_git-remotes/git-bitbucket-org-team-repository-git-06356f5b': No such file or directory
    npm ERR! 
    npm ERR!     at ChildProcess.exithandler (child_process.js:637:15)
    npm ERR!     at ChildProcess.EventEmitter.emit (events.js:98:17)
    npm ERR!     at maybeClose (child_process.js:735:16)
    npm ERR!     at Socket.<anonymous> (child_process.js:948:11)
    npm ERR!     at Socket.EventEmitter.emit (events.js:95:17)
    npm ERR!     at Pipe.close (net.js:451:12)
    npm ERR! If you need help, you may report this log at:
    npm ERR!     <http://github.com/isaacs/npm/issues>
    npm ERR! or email it to:
    npm ERR!     <[email protected]>

    npm ERR! System Windows_NT 6.1.7601
    npm ERR! command "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\\\node.exe" "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node_modules\\npm\\bin\\npm-cli.js" "install" "-d"
    npm ERR! cwd D:\nodeapp
    npm ERR! node -v v0.10.8
    npm ERR! npm -v 1.2.23
    npm ERR! code 128

Just running git clone using the same system works fine. Any ideas?

Update: Here are the permissions on the _git_remotes directory:

> get-acl C:\Windows\system32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\_git-remotes |Format-list

Path   : Microsoft.PowerShell.Core\FileSystem::C:\Windows\system32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\_git-remotes
Owner  : BUILTIN\Administrators
Group  : NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
Access : NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM Allow  FullControl
         BUILTIN\Administrators Allow  FullControl
Audit  :
Sddl   : O:BAG:SYD:AI(A;OICIID;FA;;;SY)(A;OICIID;FA;;;BA)
windows

1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Don't run the automation software as local system. Instead, create a new dedicated service account (admin level if needed). You can also make it so that this account can only log on from this system and not remotely. I'd would try running the software as non-admin first.

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