how to fix "Operation not permitted" when i use launchctl in macos catalina

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I'm setting up a launchctl server to run a python file regularly. So I write a.plist file , auto.sh file and it works well. However, after I installed Macos Catalina, it failed. I write "ls -l" in auto.sh to check file permission, log shows that:

ls: .: Operation not permitted
python3: can't open file 'auto.py': [Errno 1] Operation not permitted

How can I do to fix it? Thank you so much.

here is my code:

auto.sh:

#!/bin/bash
. ~/.bash_profile
conda activate base
cd /Users/gassy/Documents/
ls -l
python3 auto.py

I put such .plist file in /Users/gassy/Library/LaunchAgents/com.gassy.fangzhou.plist

    ...
    <key>Program</key>
    <string>/Users/gassy/auto/launch.sh</string>
    ...
sh macos python
4 Answers

Finally figure it out...

It's a problem related to Catalina new permission system, the /bin/bash need to have the [full disk access].

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user_55642680

I think the problem you have is not with Python, but with the file permissions on auto.py or the path leading up to it. What user account is used to run the script? Does that user have the necessary permissions on both those executables and the parent directory? Reason I suspect directory permissions is that ls is failing along with auto.py.

You might have some luck if you move everything out of /Users/gassy/Documents and to another location, perhaps under /opt or /var or similar, and then make sure that the permissions are sane. I know that macos treats some of those directores under /Users/<user> special, sometimes in a less-than-helpful way...

user_66897250

Change the permissions of the file by using the chmod command in your bash script, before running python3 auto.py.

chmox +x auto.py should do, however I would recommend you to read more about it and be specific on your use case.

user_115391020

A modification of @mingxin's solution worked for me: Basically the same steps but instead of giving full disk access to bash in Security & Privacy, give full access to python3 (which on my Big Sur macOS system is in /usr/bin).

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