From: Paul Lutus <nospam@...>
Date: 2006-09-18T19:16:14+09:00
Subject: Re: FasterCSV permission problem?

bechbox@gmail.com wrote:

> I'm installing FasterCSV (sudo gem install fastercsv) but when I'm
> using it with Rails I get and "uninitialized constant FasterCSV" error.
> 
> So - in the gem directory when running rake I get a whole bunch of
> permission errors like:
> 
>   1) Error:
> test_append(TestFasterCSVInterface):
> Errno::EACCES: Permission denied - ./test/temp_test_data.csv
>     ./test/tc_interface.rb:16:in `initialize'
>     ./test/tc_interface.rb:16:in `setup'
> 
> but when running sudo rake everything is fine.
> 
> Are the two problems (the Rails error and the permission error) related
> to each other?

Have you considered changing the permissions to eliminate the error? When
you find yourself in a situation where everything is fine while borrowing
root permissions, but things fall apart otherwise, the solution seems
obvious.

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Paul Lutus
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