SystemError: Directory is not readable by other users on the system

[Fanna1119]

Issue Summary

After ghost install local it would initially run fine and load up the server.
then ghost stop then ghost start it would fail with
SystemError

Message: The directory /home/fanna/ is not readable by other users on the system.
This can cause issues with the CLI, you must either make this directory readable by others or install node and Ghost-CLI in another location.

home/ is ofcourse read and writable considering the generated ./ghost directory

To Reproduce

1. install ghost globally npm install ghost-cli@latest -g
2. install ghost locally in newly created empty directory. ghost install local

ghost install local                                                                                                      ✔ 
✔ Checking system Node.js version - found v14.17.0
✔ Checking current folder permissions
✔ Checking memory availability
✔ Checking free space
✔ Checking for latest Ghost version
✔ Setting up install directory
✔ Downloading and installing Ghost v4.10.2
✔ Finishing install process
✔ Configuring Ghost
✔ Setting up instance
✔ Starting Ghost

Ghost was installed successfully! To complete setup of your publication, visit: 

    http://localhost:2369/ghost/

3. run ghost stop (in created directory)

✔ Stopping Ghost: ghost-local

4. run ghost start (in created directory)

Found a development config but not a production config, running in development mode instead
✖ Checking system Node.js version - found v14.17.0
ℹ Ensuring user is not logged in as ghost user [skipped]
ℹ Checking if logged in user is directory owner [skipped]
✔ Checking current folder permissions
✔ Validating config
✔ Checking memory availability
✔ Checking binary dependencies
One or more errors occurred.

1) SystemError

Message: The directory /home/fanna/ is not readable by other users on the system.
This can cause issues with the CLI, you must either make this directory readable by others or install node and Ghost-CLI in another location.

Debug Information:
    OS: ManjaroLinux, v21.0.7
    Node Version: v14.17.0
    Ghost Version: 4.10.2
    Ghost-CLI Version: 1.17.3
    Environment: development
    Command: 'ghost start'

5. run ghost doctor

ghost doctor                                                           1 ✘ 
Found a development config but not a production config, running in development mode instead
✖ Checking system Node.js version - found v14.17.0
ℹ Ensuring user is not logged in as ghost user [skipped]
ℹ Checking if logged in user is directory owner [skipped]
✔ Checking current folder permissions
✔ Validating config
✔ Checking memory availability
✔ Checking binary dependencies
✔ Checking free space
One or more errors occurred.

1) SystemError

Message: The directory /home/fanna/ is not readable by other users on the system.
This can cause issues with the CLI, you must either make this directory readable by others or install node and Ghost-CLI in another location.

Debug Information:
    OS: ManjaroLinux, v21.0.7
    Node Version: v14.17.0
    Ghost Version: 4.10.2
    Ghost-CLI Version: 1.17.3
    Environment: development
    Command: 'ghost doctor'

Try running ghost doctor to check your system for known issues.

6. ghost log

Found a development config but not a production config, running in development mode instead
[2021-08-03 08:41:25] INFO Creating table: tokens
[2021-08-03 08:41:25] INFO Creating table: snippets
[2021-08-03 08:41:25] INFO Model: Product
[2021-08-03 08:41:25] INFO Model: Tag
[2021-08-03 08:41:25] INFO Model: Role
[2021-08-03 08:41:25] INFO Model: Permission
[2021-08-03 08:41:25] INFO Model: User
[2021-08-03 08:41:25] INFO Model: Post
[2021-08-03 08:41:26] INFO Model: Integration
[2021-08-03 08:41:26] INFO Relation: Role to Permission
[2021-08-03 08:41:26] INFO Relation: Post to Tag
[2021-08-03 08:41:26] INFO Relation: User to Role
[2021-08-03 08:41:26] INFO Database is in a ready state.
[2021-08-03 08:41:26] INFO Ghost database ready in 3.962s
[2021-08-03 08:41:29] INFO Ghost booted in 6.785s
[2021-08-03 08:41:29] INFO Adding offloaded job to the queue
[2021-08-03 08:41:29] INFO Scheduling job update-check at 22 20 14 * * *. Next run on: Tue Aug 03 2021 14:20:22 GMT+0200 (South Africa Standard Time)
[2021-08-03 08:43:21] WARN Ghost is shutting down
[2021-08-03 08:43:21] WARN Ghost has shut down
[2021-08-03 08:43:21] WARN Ghost was running for 2 minutes

Technical details:

• nvm Version: 0.38.0
• OS: ManjaroLinux, v21.0.7
• Node Version: v14.17.0
• Ghost Version: 4.10.2
• Ghost-CLI Version: 1.17.3
• Environment: development
• database: sqlite (ghost local defaults)

.ghost/config

{
  "instances": {
    "ghost-local": {
      "cwd": "/home/fanna/Documents/ghost1"
    }
  }
}

ghost ls

ghost ls                                                                 ✔ 
┌─────────────┬────────────────────┬─────────┬─────────┬─────┬──────┬─────────────────┐
│ Name        │ Location           │ Version │ Status  │ URL │ Port │ Process Manager │
├─────────────┼────────────────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────┼──────┼─────────────────┤
│ ghost-local │ ~/Documents/ghost1 │ 4.10.2  │ stopped │ n/a │ n/a  │ n/a             │
└─────────────┴────────────────────┴─────────┴─────────┴─────┴──────┴─────────────────┘

ghost run                                                                ✔ 
The `ghost run` command is used by the configured Ghost process manager and for debugging. If you're not running this to debug something, you should run `ghost start` instead.
TypeError: Cannot read property 'connection' of undefined
    at Object.sanitizeDatabaseProperties (/home/fanna/Documents/ghost1/versions/4.10.2/core/shared/config/utils.js:62:25)
    at Object.loadNconf (/home/fanna/Documents/ghost1/versions/4.10.2/core/shared/config/loader.js:53:16)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/home/fanna/Documents/ghost1/versions/4.10.2/core/shared/config/index.js:3:25)
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1068:30)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1097:10)
    at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:933:32)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:774:14)
    at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:957:19)
    at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:88:18)
    at bootGhost (/home/fanna/Documents/ghost1/versions/4.10.2/core/boot.js:275:18)

[ronaldlangeveld]

Similar issue here:

#711

[vikaspotluri123]

closing as a duplicate of #711