Jenkins Upgrade Error

Using Jenkins
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Hey folks,

I recently tried upgrading from 2.289 to 2.303. I tried both the war file approach and the apt-get update jenkins approach since I am using turnkey. Both wound up with the same error, and I can’t get past it. I have tried making the file in question and the directory in question writeable.

Below is the error.
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: File parameter 'file is not writable: ‘/var/lib/jenkins/jenkins.install.InstallUtil.lastExecVersion’

If anyone could please help me out, I’d really appreciate it.

Regards,
Bruber

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The permissions on the file are likely incorrect. It should be almost always be owned by the user jenkins and be read/write allowed for the owner.

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Thank you for that unbelievably fast reply! All fixed and running. I think you set a record…

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