Parity-ethereum: Error upgrading parity data: CannotCreateConfigPath when starting parity

[WouterSchaekers]

actual behavior
Error upgrading parity data: CannotCreateConfigPath

expected behavior
Start parity.

steps to reproduce
Run: $parity

I'm running:

• Parity version: v1.7.0-beta-5f2cabd6e-20170727/x86_64-linux-gnu/rustc1.19.0
• Operating system: Arch Linux
• And installed: binaries (Pacman)

[5chdn]

Could you paste the full log output here please?

[WouterSchaekers]

There is nothing in the logfile, even when I run with --log-file.
I found out I can run parity with sudo, so it had to do with permissions. Seems like it tries to find the blockchain and keys in a different folder than before.
After supplying --db-path and --keys-path, the problem was fixed.

[5chdn]

Please, don't run Parity with superuser privileges.

I didn't refer to a log file, but the terminal output. Where do you see CannotCreateConfigPath? Is there anything else?

[WouterSchaekers]

_Error upgrading parity data: CannotCreateConfigPath when starting parity_
is the only thing I see.

[HaleTom]

@WouterSchaekers what is the output of:

strace -fs 80 $parity |& grep ENO | uniq

[kot-begemot]

If you use --db-path to specify database path, make sure that your storage is properly mounted and and writable

[tomachinz]

miner@nuzilan:~/.safe$ parity --db-path="/balls/parity/"
Error upgrading parity data: CannotCreateConfigPath
miner@nuzilan:~/.safe$ strace -fs 80 $parity |& grep ENO | uniq

miner@nuzilan:~/.safe$
miner@nuzilan:~/.safe$

[quantumproducer]

Same issue

[celeduc]

This happens when installing stable parity from a snap (sudo snap install parity). It does not happen when installing stable parity from a .deb (bash <(curl https://get.parity.io -L). @5chdn

[5chdn]

Yeah, don't use the snaps. It's evil :p

[quantumproducer]

Yep, switching to .deb install from snap fixed it for me.

[0x-genesys]

Got this error when --db-path provided was incorrect or storage was not mounted