magento2: Path "/var/www/html/var" cannot be used with directory "/var/www/html/var"

I figured out it was a permission issue after a bunch of Googling, but I mean come on. This stuff should be fixed.

Preconditions (*)

Magento 2.3.3

Steps to reproduce (*)

Install Magento 2.3.3
Have permission problems
Do something

Expected result (*)

Useful error message about what directory is not writeable.

Actual result (*)

Useless error message. The problem is here:

$ grep "cannot be used with directory" -R *
vendor/magento/framework/Filesystem/Directory/PathValidator.php:                    'Path "%1" cannot be used with directory "%2"',

About this issue

Original URL
State: closed
Created 5 years ago
Reactions: 2
Comments: 16 (7 by maintainers)

Most upvoted comments

Really? Do you find this error message to give adequate feedback to a developer on what the problem is?

No wonder Magento is pure nightmare to work with when you leave stupid issues like this in core all over the place.

I recommend reading this: https://uxplanet.org/how-to-write-good-error-messages-858e4551cd4

Zyles on Dec 19, 2019

Hello @Zyles

Please check your r/w permission.

engcom-Echo on Dec 16, 2019

I forgot exactly which directory it was. It is a permission error and I already fixed it.

The problem is here:

$ grep "cannot be used with directory" -R *
vendor/magento/framework/Filesystem/Directory/PathValidator.php:                    'Path "%1" cannot be used with directory "%2"',

Please update the message to something meaningful.

Maybe:

‘Can’t write to directory “%1”. Please check web server permissions.’

Or similar.

Zyles on Dec 18, 2019