## Shiftleft setup in Gitlab - permission denied db.json.tmp

Hi,

I am trying to setup Shiftleft IaC-assessment in my gitlab pipeline. However, I am encountering below error:

```markup
open /tmp/ShiftLeft-prod/db.json.tmp: permission denied.
```

I have followed the steps according to this - [https://secure.dome9.com/v2/shiftleft/onboarding-shiftleft](https://secure.dome9.com/v2/shiftleft/onboarding-shiftleft)

I tried granting permission to this path/file but still it hits the same error each time pipeline is ran. Any idea on how I can resolve this?

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### Replies

#### Art Zalenekas

It looks like it's your executing user's permission to the mount point of /tmp/.

Look at your mount point permissions as well as user's permissions writing to the /tmp/ mount point. In case you need to elevate your permissions/roles, use _sudo_ and execute _shiftleft_ binary that way.

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