06, package.json file will not save and code will not verify

[CalliEliza]

When I try to update the package.json file to include my test.js I get the error:

ERR: Error: EACCES

It seems that for some reason I do not have access to change the json file.

[linclark]

What operating system are you using? If you're using Mac/Linux, the you might have run npm init using sudo. That would have made the superuser the owner of the package.json file.

You can check this by running ls -al in the same directory as the package.json file. If this is the problem, then you'll see a line that says something like this:

-rw-r--r-- 1 root staff 570 May 24 12:36 package.json

If this is the problem, then running the following command should fix it:

sudo chown `whoami` package.json

[CalliEliza]

I am running Linux. Thanks for you help. It was a sudo problem. That fixed it.

[linclark]

Glad to hear it worked :)