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## gpt-5[[edit](https://freemwiki.com/index.php?title=Openai/691353e9-c8e4-8002-9ea3-93ea859a8d5c&veaction=edit&section=1 "Edit section: gpt-5") | [edit source](https://freemwiki.com/index.php?title=Openai/691353e9-c8e4-8002-9ea3-93ea859a8d5c&action=edit&section=1 "Edit section's source code: gpt-5")]

### User:[[edit](https://freemwiki.com/index.php?title=Openai/691353e9-c8e4-8002-9ea3-93ea859a8d5c&veaction=edit&section=2 "Edit section: User:") | [edit source](https://freemwiki.com/index.php?title=Openai/691353e9-c8e4-8002-9ea3-93ea859a8d5c&action=edit&section=2 "Edit section's source code: User:")]

### Assistant: That screenshot sums up a very common gotcha when running Immich’s CLI inside a TrueNAS-managed container.[[edit](https://freemwiki.com/index.php?title=Openai/691353e9-c8e4-8002-9ea3-93ea859a8d5c&veaction=edit&section=3 "Edit section: Assistant: That screenshot sums up a very common gotcha when running Immich’s CLI inside a TrueNAS-managed container.") | [edit source](https://freemwiki.com/index.php?title=Openai/691353e9-c8e4-8002-9ea3-93ea859a8d5c&action=edit&section=3 "Edit section's source code: Assistant: That screenshot sums up a very common gotcha when running Immich’s CLI inside a TrueNAS-managed container.")]

That screenshot sums up a very common gotcha when running Immich’s CLI inside a TrueNAS-managed container. The key line is:

Error: EACCES: permission denied, mkdir './.config'

That’s not an Immich bug — it’s Node.js (which the Immich CLI is built with) trying to create a configuration directory in its current working directory, which inside a TrueNAS-scale container typically maps to /usr/src/app or /root. If that location isn’t writable by the user the CLI runs as, you get exactly this EACCES error.

Here’s how to fix or work around it.

##### 1. Understand what’s happening[[edit](https://freemwiki.com/index.php?title=Openai/691353e9-c8e4-8002-9ea3-93ea859a8d5c&veaction=edit&section=4 "Edit section: 1. Understand what’s happening") | [edit source](https://freemwiki.com/index.php?title=Openai/691353e9-c8e4-8002-9ea3-93ea859a8d5c&action=edit&section=4 "Edit section's source code: 1. Understand what’s happening")]

The Immich CLI stores its authentication tokens in ~/.config/immich by default. But when you execute it inside a TrueNAS App container (especially through the App Shell or Docker exec), you’re often not logged in as root or the environment variables for $HOME aren’t set. That means Node.js falls back to ./.config in the current directory, which is unwritable inside /usr/src/app.

So, it’s not the NAS mount at all — it’s a local write permission problem for that .config folder.

##### 2. Quick fix[[edit](https://freemwiki.com/index.php?title=Openai/691353e9-c8e4-8002-9ea3-93ea859a8d5c&veaction=edit&section=5 "Edit section: 2. Quick fix") | [edit source](https://freemwiki.com/index.php?title=Openai/691353e9-c8e4-8002-9ea3-93ea859a8d5c&action=edit&section=5 "Edit section's source code: 2. Quick fix")]

Run the command with a writable config path:

immich --config /tmp/immich-cli-config login

or, if you want it persistent:

mkdir -p /mnt/photos/immich-cli-config
chmod 777 /mnt/photos/immich-cli-config
immich --config /mnt/photos/immich-cli-config login

That tells Immich CLI to store its auth/session info somewhere you actually control.

##### 3. Permanent solution for TrueNAS[[edit](https://freemwiki.com/index.php?title=Openai/691353e9-c8e4-8002-9ea3-93ea859a8d5c&veaction=edit&section=6 "Edit section: 3. Permanent solution for TrueNAS") | [edit source](https://freemwiki.com/index.php?title=Openai/691353e9-c8e4-8002-9ea3-93ea859a8d5c&action=edit&section=6 "Edit section's source code: 3. Permanent solution for TrueNAS")]

If you’re running the CLI inside the TrueNAS Immich App shell:

*   Add a writable mount for CLI configs, for example: - Host path: /mnt/tank/immich/config - Container path: /config
*   Then run: ``
```
bash immich --config /config/cli login This prevents it from ever touching /usr/src/app again.

===== 4. Sanity check =====

You can verify where it’s trying to write by running:bash
```

```
echo $HOME
pwd
ls -ld .
```
`If $HOME is unset or points to /, that’s the smoking gun. You can set it temporarily with:`

```
bash
```

```
export HOME=/tmp
```

```
===== 5. Bonus: Running CLI from outside the container =====

You can also skip all this by running the Immich CLI on your host machine (or another Linux VM) and just point it at your Immich instance with:
```

```
bash
```

```
immich --server http://<immich_host>:2283
```

``

It doesn’t have to run inside the same container.

If you show me your current docker exec or TrueNAS App shell command (and whether you’re root or not inside it), I can tell you exactly what to mount or export so it works cleanly every time.

## References[[edit](https://freemwiki.com/index.php?title=Openai/691353e9-c8e4-8002-9ea3-93ea859a8d5c&veaction=edit&section=7 "Edit section: References") | [edit source](https://freemwiki.com/index.php?title=Openai/691353e9-c8e4-8002-9ea3-93ea859a8d5c&action=edit&section=7 "Edit section's source code: References")]

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