[GH-ISSUE #8516] permission denied #5489

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opened 2026-04-12 16:43:00 -05:00 by GiteaMirror · 2 comments
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Originally created by @jiake55 on GitHub (Jan 21, 2025).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/ollama/ollama/issues/8516

[root@bogon ~]# ollama run qwen2.5:14b
pulling manifest
Error: pull model manifest: open /usr/share/ollama/.ollama/id_ed25519: permission denied
[root@bogon ~]#

Originally created by @jiake55 on GitHub (Jan 21, 2025). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/ollama/ollama/issues/8516 [root@bogon ~]# ollama run qwen2.5:14b pulling manifest Error: pull model manifest: open /usr/share/ollama/.ollama/id_ed25519: permission denied [root@bogon ~]#
GiteaMirror added the model label 2026-04-12 16:43:00 -05:00
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@rick-github commented on GitHub (Jan 21, 2025):

What's the output of

ls -ld /usr/share/ollama/.ollama/id_ed25519 /usr/share/ollama/.ollama /usr/share/ollama
<!-- gh-comment-id:2604453949 --> @rick-github commented on GitHub (Jan 21, 2025): What's the output of ``` ls -ld /usr/share/ollama/.ollama/id_ed25519 /usr/share/ollama/.ollama /usr/share/ollama ```
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@ypiguet-epfl commented on GitHub (Jan 24, 2025):

/usr/share is supposed to be read-only (see Filesystem Hierarchy Standard 3.0 section 4.11). /var might be more appropriate. I'd rather avoid hidden directories there.

<!-- gh-comment-id:2613411414 --> @ypiguet-epfl commented on GitHub (Jan 24, 2025): `/usr/share` is supposed to be read-only (see [Filesystem Hierarchy Standard 3.0 section 4.11](https://refspecs.linuxfoundation.org/FHS_3.0/fhs/ch04s11.html)). `/var` might be more appropriate. I'd rather avoid hidden directories there.
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Reference: github-starred/ollama#5489