Laravel Permission Denied

Question

Tonight, I tried to run composer install and all the dependencies installed correctly, and then composer ran php artisan clear compiled and I ran into trouble.

Here's the error it returned:

> php artisan clear-compiled

                                                                                                                          
  [ErrorException]                                                                                                        
  file_put_contents(/srv/something/site/bootstrap/cache/services.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory  
                                                                                                                          

Script php artisan clear-compiled handling the post-install-cmd event returned with an error


                      
  [RuntimeException]  
  Error Output:       
                      


install [--prefer-source] [--prefer-dist] [--dry-run] [--dev] [--no-dev] [--no-plugins] [--no-custom-installers] [--no-autoloader] [--no-scripts] [--no-progress] [-v|vv|vvv|--verbose] [-o|--optimize-autoloader] [-a|--classmap-authoritative] [--ignore-platform-reqs] [--] [<packages>]...

Naturally, I googled it and found everyone on the laracast forums saying to make the directory I was missing, so I did and the command ran again fine. When I went to any page I got this: file_put_contents(/differentNameDependingOnPageButAlwaysRandomLettersAndNumbers.php): failed to open stream: Permission denied

For example here's the traceback for the login page:

ErrorException in Filesystem.php line 81:
file_put_contents(/8ff8cea6e3bb10ecec87b9d62c64f9768c4c4ab1.php): failed to open stream: Permission denied
in Filesystem.php line 81
at HandleExceptions->handleError('2', 'file_put_contents(/8ff8cea6e3bb10ecec87b9d62c64f9768c4c4ab1.php): failed to open stream: Permission denied', '/srv/something/site/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Filesystem/Filesystem.php', '81', array('path' => '/8ff8cea6e3bb10ecec87b9d62c64f9768c4c4ab1.php', 'contents' => '<?php $__env->startSection('title'); ?> Admin Login <?php $__env->stopSection(); ?> <?php $__env->startSection('form'); ?> <form class="form-horizontal" method="POST" action = "login"> <?php echo e($error); ?><?php /*TODO this doesn't show up now, when you do login make it show up*/ ?> <fieldset> <!-- Form Name --> <h1 class="section-heading" style="text-align: center;">Login</h1> <!-- Text input--> <div class="form-group"> <label class="col-md-4 control-label" for="email">Email</label> <div class="col-md-4"> <input id="email" name="email" type="email" id = "email" placeholder="[email protected]" class="form-control input-md" required=""> </div> </div> <!-- Password input--> <div class="form-group"> <label class="col-md-4 control-label" for="password">Password</label> <div class="col-md-4"> <input id="password" name="password" type="password" placeholder="********" class="form-control input-md" required=""> </div> </div> <!-- Button --> <div class="form-group"> <label class="col-md-4 control-label" for="Submit"></label> <div class="col-md-4"> <button id="submit" name="submit" class="btn btn-primary">Submit</button> </div> </fieldset> </form> <?php $__env->stopSection(); ?> <?php $__env->startSection('message'); ?> <p class="text-muted" style="text-align:center">Don't have an account yet? Click <a href="../register">here</a> to register.</p> <?php $__env->stopSection(); ?> <?php echo $__env->make('auth.partials.master', array_except(get_defined_vars(), array('__data', '__path')))->render(); ?>', 'lock' => false))
at file_put_contents('/8ff8cea6e3bb10ecec87b9d62c64f9768c4c4ab1.php', '<?php $__env->startSection('title'); ?> Admin Login <?php $__env->stopSection(); ?> <?php $__env->startSection('form'); ?> <form class="form-horizontal" method="POST" action = "login"> <?php echo e($error); ?><?php /*TODO this doesn't show up now, when you do login make it show up*/ ?> <fieldset> <!-- Form Name --> <h1 class="section-heading" style="text-align: center;">Login</h1> <!-- Text input--> <div class="form-group"> <label class="col-md-4 control-label" for="email">Email</label> <div class="col-md-4"> <input id="email" name="email" type="email" id = "email" placeholder="[email protected]" class="form-control input-md" required=""> </div> </div> <!-- Password input--> <div class="form-group"> <label class="col-md-4 control-label" for="password">Password</label> <div class="col-md-4"> <input id="password" name="password" type="password" placeholder="********" class="form-control input-md" required=""> </div> </div> <!-- Button --> <div class="form-group"> <label class="col-md-4 control-label" for="Submit"></label> <div class="col-md-4"> <button id="submit" name="submit" class="btn btn-primary">Submit</button> </div> </fieldset> </form> <?php $__env->stopSection(); ?> <?php $__env->startSection('message'); ?> <p class="text-muted" style="text-align:center">Don't have an account yet? Click <a href="../register">here</a> to register.</p> <?php $__env->stopSection(); ?> <?php echo $__env->make('auth.partials.master', array_except(get_defined_vars(), array('__data', '__path')))->render(); ?>', '0') in Filesystem.php line 81
at Filesystem->put('/8ff8cea6e3bb10ecec87b9d62c64f9768c4c4ab1.php', '<?php $__env->startSection('title'); ?> Admin Login <?php $__env->stopSection(); ?> <?php $__env->startSection('form'); ?> <form class="form-horizontal" method="POST" action = "login"> <?php echo e($error); ?><?php /*TODO this doesn't show up now, when you do login make it show up*/ ?> <fieldset> <!-- Form Name --> <h1 class="section-heading" style="text-align: center;">Login</h1> <!-- Text input--> <div class="form-group"> <label class="col-md-4 control-label" for="email">Email</label> <div class="col-md-4"> <input id="email" name="email" type="email" id = "email" placeholder="[email protected]" class="form-control input-md" required=""> </div> </div> <!-- Password input--> <div class="form-group"> <label class="col-md-4 control-label" for="password">Password</label> <div class="col-md-4"> <input id="password" name="password" type="password" placeholder="********" class="form-control input-md" required=""> </div> </div> <!-- Button --> <div class="form-group"> <label class="col-md-4 control-label" for="Submit"></label> <div class="col-md-4"> <button id="submit" name="submit" class="btn btn-primary">Submit</button> </div> </fieldset> </form> <?php $__env->stopSection(); ?> <?php $__env->startSection('message'); ?> <p class="text-muted" style="text-align:center">Don't have an account yet? Click <a href="../register">here</a> to register.</p> <?php $__env->stopSection(); ?> <?php echo $__env->make('auth.partials.master', array_except(get_defined_vars(), array('__data', '__path')))->render(); ?>') in BladeCompiler.php line 102
at BladeCompiler->compile('/srv/something/site/resources/views/auth/login.blade.php') in CompilerEngine.php line 51
at CompilerEngine->get('/srv/something/site/resources/views/auth/login.blade.php', array('__env' => object(Factory), 'app' => object(Application), 'error' => '')) in View.php line 135
at View->getContents() in View.php line 106
at View->renderContents() in View.php line 80
at View->render() in Response.php line 53
at Response->setContent(object(View)) in Response.php line 197
at Response->__construct(object(View)) in Router.php line 1030
at Router->prepareResponse(object(Request), object(View)) in ControllerDispatcher.php line 95
at ControllerDispatcher->Illuminate\Routing\{closure}(object(Request))
at call_user_func(object(Closure), object(Request)) in Pipeline.php line 52
at Pipeline->Illuminate\Routing\{closure}(object(Request))
at call_user_func(object(Closure), object(Request)) in Pipeline.php line 103
at Pipeline->then(object(Closure)) in ControllerDispatcher.php line 96
at ControllerDispatcher->callWithinStack(object(authController), object(Route), object(Request), 'getAdminLogin') in ControllerDispatcher.php line 54
at ControllerDispatcher->dispatch(object(Route), object(Request), 'App\Http\Controllers\authController', 'getAdminLogin') in Route.php line 174
at Route->runController(object(Request)) in Route.php line 140
at Route->run(object(Request)) in Router.php line 703
at Router->Illuminate\Routing\{closure}(object(Request))
at call_user_func(object(Closure), object(Request)) in Pipeline.php line 52
at Pipeline->Illuminate\Routing\{closure}(object(Request))
at call_user_func(object(Closure), object(Request)) in Pipeline.php line 103
at Pipeline->then(object(Closure)) in Router.php line 705
at Router->runRouteWithinStack(object(Route), object(Request)) in Router.php line 678
at Router->dispatchToRoute(object(Request)) in Router.php line 654
at Router->dispatch(object(Request)) in Kernel.php line 246
at Kernel->Illuminate\Foundation\Http\{closure}(object(Request))
at call_user_func(object(Closure), object(Request)) in Pipeline.php line 52
at Pipeline->Illuminate\Routing\{closure}(object(Request)) in CheckForMaintenanceMode.php line 44
at CheckForMaintenanceMode->handle(object(Request), object(Closure))
at call_user_func_array(array(object(CheckForMaintenanceMode), 'handle'), array(object(Request), object(Closure))) in Pipeline.php line 124
at Pipeline->Illuminate\Pipeline\{closure}(object(Request))
at call_user_func(object(Closure), object(Request)) in Pipeline.php line 32
at Pipeline->Illuminate\Routing\{closure}(object(Request))
at call_user_func(object(Closure), object(Request)) in Pipeline.php line 103
at Pipeline->then(object(Closure)) in Kernel.php line 132
at Kernel->sendRequestThroughRouter(object(Request)) in Kernel.php line 99
at Kernel->handle(object(Request)) in index.php line 54

So far, to try to fix this I've done the following:

1. Checked permissions, changed everything to 777 and to be owned by www-data
2. Tried recloning the empty repository with no vendor file, to no avail, same error on composer install
3. Ran php artisan cache:clear
4. Ran php artisan clear-compiled
5. Ran php artisan dump-autoload
6. Modified site/config/view.php on an irc suggestion, and changed compiled' => realpath(storage_path().'/framework/views') to 'compiled' => storage_path('framework/views'), which yielded a different error: file_put_contents(/srv/something/site/storage/framework/views/8ff8cea6e3bb10ecec87b9d62c64f9768c4c4ab1.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory (probably because it's not supposed to be there, but who knows this information could be useful.)

All of this to no avail. The weird part is this issue seemingly showed up out of nowhere. Thanks for the help!

Answer 1

It turns out I was missing a view directories in laravel_root/storage/. In order to fix this, all I had to do was:

1. cd {laravel_root}/storage
2. mkdir -pv framework/views app framework/sessions framework/cache
3. cd ..
4. chmod 664 -R storage
5. chown -R www-data:www-data storage

After that, upon reloading, the issue was fixed. Thanks to Someguy123 from #laravel on freenode for fixing this issue!

Answer 2

If your permissions are 777 for Laravel Application folder and are still getting that error, it's because Seliux has blocked it. The application folder can be unblocked with the command below

su -c "chcon -R -h -t httpd_sys_script_rw_t /var/www/laravel-folder"