Ubuntu 20.04 mattermost & (base) v@v:~$ Error: failed to load configuration: open /opt/mattermost/config/config.json: permission denied why?

If you just want to use the Mattermost desktop application on your Ubuntu client and the server is hosted somewhere else, you can remove the /opt/mattermost directory again on your client. If you followed the desktop app installation instructions, you can then just start the mattermost-desktop app …

This can have multiple reasons. Please post the following outputs: id ls -lhd /opt ls -lhd /opt/mattermost ls -lhd /opt/mattermost/config ls -lh /opt/mattermost/config/config.json

uid=1000(v) gid=1000(v) groups=1000(v),4(adm),24(cdrom),27(sudo),30(dip),46(plugdev),116(lpadmin),126(sambashare) drwxr-xr-x 9 root root 4.0K Sep 12 17:03 /opt drwxr-xr-x 11 root root 4.0K Sep 23 20:29 /opt/mattermost drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K Sep 23 20:29 /opt/mattermost/config -rw------- 1 root …

Your /opt/mattermost directory belongs to root and you’re trying to run the application in a virtual environment with user ID 1000. Can you explain why you try to do that and why you did not follow the installation instructions to create a dedicated mattermost useraccount and assign the required per…

I followed Desktop App install guides — Mattermost documentation

This is the desktop application setup guide, but you seem to have downloaded the server component. The Desktop application does not have a config.json file, so you mixed up something here.

How could I remove the server component?

What is it that you’re trying to achieve? Please try to describe what you’re trying to achieve, posting an error message here without telling your intention and just asking “why” is not really helpful and puts a burden on anyone who’s trying to help you. If you have troubles formulating your questi…

I have an account in a mattermost server. I would like to open a Mattermost Desktop App and log into my account.

successfully logged into the desktop app

MM on Ubuntu 20.04; sudo?

Troubleshooting

agriesser (Alexander Griesser) September 28, 2022, 1:43pm 12

Awesome, thanks - I’m marking this issue as resolved now.

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MM on Ubuntu 20.04; sudo?

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