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Permission denied in /usr/share/dotnet

See original GitHub issue

Description: Runner does not have permission to install in the default directory

Task version: 3.0.0

Platform:

Ubuntu
macOS
Windows

Runner type:

Hosted
Self-hosted

Repro steps:
Use action with selfhosted ubuntu runner with non-root user permissions

Expected behavior: Install dotnet

Actual behavior: Permission denied

I tried using the env DOTNET_INSTALL_DIR but it doesn’t seem to work

Issue Analytics

State:
Created a year ago
Reactions:4
Comments:22 (8 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

4reactions

NissesSenapcommented, Oct 14, 2022

It would probably be good update the docs to include instructions to set

env:
  DOTNET_INSTALL_DIR: "./.dotnet"

On self hosted linux nodes.

2reactions

IvanZosimovcommented, Oct 4, 2022

@andrewgbell, you are right. The default directory was changed (it’s breaking change), details and motivation can be found here.

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