Merge pull request #147 from 030/138-permission-denied

138 permission denied
030 · Jul 21, 2020 · 8b7a9e2 · 8b7a9e2
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diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ## [Unreleased]
 None
 
+## [4.1.4] - 2020-07-21
+### Added
+- Warning that explains permission denied issue when running N3DR that was installed using snap
+
 ## [4.1.3] - 2020-07-20
 ### Added
 - Overwrite default zipFileName
@@ -220,7 +224,8 @@ None
 ### Added
 - Download all artifacts from a certain Nexus3 repository.
 
-[Unreleased]: https://github.com/030/n3dr/compare/4.1.3...HEAD
+[Unreleased]: https://github.com/030/n3dr/compare/4.1.4...HEAD
+[4.1.4]: https://github.com/030/n3dr/compare/4.1.3...4.1.4
 [4.1.3]: https://github.com/030/n3dr/compare/4.1.2...4.1.3
 [4.1.2]: https://github.com/030/n3dr/compare/4.1.1...4.1.2
 [4.1.1]: https://github.com/030/n3dr/compare/4.1.0...4.1.1

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -56,6 +56,10 @@ The aims of the n3dr tool are:
 snap install n3dr
 ```
 
+Note: one has to run n3dr from the home folder if this installation mode is
+chosen. Otherwise a permission denied issue could occur, while creating the
+backup zip.
+
 ### MacOSX
 
 Get the darwin artifact from the releases tab.

diff --git a/cli/common.go b/cli/common.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"net/http"
+	"os"
 	"strconv"
 	"time"
 
@@ -98,11 +99,16 @@ func (n Nexus3) CreateZip(dir string) error {
 		if n.ZipName == "" {
 			n.ZipName = "n3dr-backup-" + time.Now().Format("01-02-2006T15-04-05") + ".zip"
 		}
-		err := archiver.Archive([]string{dir}, n.ZipName)
+		cwd, err := os.Getwd()
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-		log.Infof("Zipfile: '%v' created", n.ZipName)
+		log.Warnf("Trying to create a zip file in: '%v'. Note that this could result in a 'permission denied' issue if N3DR has been installed using snap and is run in a different directory than your own home folder.", cwd)
+		err = archiver.Archive([]string{dir}, n.ZipName)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		log.Infof("Zipfile: '%v' created in '%v'", n.ZipName, cwd)
 	}
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/snap/snapcraft.yaml b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name: n3dr # you probably want to 'snapcraft register <name>'
 base: core18 # the base snap is the execution environment for this snap
-version: '4.1.3' # just for humans, typically '1.2+git' or '1.3.2'
+version: '4.1.4' # just for humans, typically '1.2+git' or '1.3.2'
 summary: Nexus3 Disaster Recovery # 79 char long summary
 description: |
   Download all artifacts at once or migrate automatically from Nexus to Nexus.