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Getting the Spawn EACCES error in Ubuntu - node environment

4.9k views Asked by monical At 27 May 2014 at 19:10

Getting the Spawn EACCES error in Ubuntu - node environment

Running "imagemin:dist" (imagemin) task
✔ public/img/github.png (saved 183 B - 2%)
✔ public/img/glyphicons-halflings-white.png (already optimized)
✔ public/img/facebook.png (saved 96 B - 1%)
Warning: spawn EACCES Use --force to continue.

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Lachezar

Lachezar On 27 May 2014 at 20:43

Check that the files you are working with have permissions granted for your account.

dmathisen

dmathisen On 23 July 2014 at 20:52

It is a permission error. Try using sudo... sudo grunt imagemin.