[SOLVED] Reset File Permissions for Jekyll

Issue

I accidentally ran the command sudo chmod 600 -R / when I meant to do it to sudo chmod 600 -R Documents/some_directory and my macbook pro's file permissions got messed up. I ran sudo chmod 755 -R /directories_that_don't_need_to_be_secure and tried to fix all the permissions. But when I start my Jekyll server jekyll --server --auto everything is forbidden. I made my whole directory readable, writable, and executable. But the error keeps popping up. This is what I get when the jekyll server generates

    Shalin-Shah-Me:shalin shalinvs$ jekyll --server --auto
Configuration from /Users/shalinvs/Documents/Developer/Websites/shalin/_config.yml
/Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:in `gem_original_require': no such file to load -- sass (LoadError)
    from /Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:in `require'
    from /Users/shalinvs/Documents/Developer/Websites/shalin/_plugins/sass_converter.rb:5
    from /Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:in `gem_original_require'
    from /Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:in `require'
    from /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/jekyll-0.12.0/bin/../lib/jekyll/site.rb:78:in `setup'
    from /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/jekyll-0.12.0/bin/../lib/jekyll/site.rb:77:in `each'
    from /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/jekyll-0.12.0/bin/../lib/jekyll/site.rb:77:in `setup'
    from /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/jekyll-0.12.0/bin/../lib/jekyll/site.rb:76:in `each'
    from /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/jekyll-0.12.0/bin/../lib/jekyll/site.rb:76:in `setup'
    from /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/jekyll-0.12.0/bin/../lib/jekyll/site.rb:31:in `initialize'
    from /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/jekyll-0.12.0/bin/jekyll:238:in `new'
    from /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/jekyll-0.12.0/bin/jekyll:238
    from /usr/bin/jekyll:23:in `load'
    from /usr/bin/jekyll:23

I have also tried using Disk Utility to repair my permissions but still no luck.

Thanks in advance!

Solution

The jekyll command operates on the directory you are currently in. The output in your question shows that you're running it in your home directory. It seems unlikely that that's really where you have your jekyll site stored (especially since it means that jekyll would have to process everything in your home directory each time it runs).

Assuming that you have your jekyll files somewhere else, change to that directory (where you should see the _config.yml and other jekyll files/dirs) and try running the command there.

Answered By - Alan W. Smith

Answer Checked By - David Goodson (WPSolving Volunteer)