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Could not load server.properties file - Permission denied #17

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I'm hitting a permission denied error when trying to copy from the git repo. I'm on DSM Version: 7.3.2-86009 and configured the scheduled task script with the admin user. I've checked permissions in File Station and the user has read/write permissions.

Here's the log file:

NO LOG FILE! - setting up server logging...
NO LOG FILE! - [2026-01-01 21:19:53:524 INFO] Starting Server
NO LOG FILE! - [2026-01-01 21:19:53:524 INFO] Version: 1.21.131.1
NO LOG FILE! - [2026-01-01 21:19:53:524 INFO] Session ID: 03b8b633-e2c8-4472-9cff-1d95a2fea852
NO LOG FILE! - [2026-01-01 21:19:53:524 INFO] Build ID: 39746295
NO LOG FILE! - [2026-01-01 21:19:53:524 INFO] Branch: r/21_u13
NO LOG FILE! - [2026-01-01 21:19:53:524 INFO] Commit ID: 3c929d6fc41f48b65a9ff77078f269f25e6c9b9b
NO LOG FILE! - [2026-01-01 21:19:53:524 INFO] Configuration: Publish
NO LOG FILE! - [2026-01-01 21:19:53:524 ERROR] Error reading file: server.properties
NO LOG FILE! - [2026-01-01 21:19:53:524 ERROR] Could not load server.properties file, Please check if the current working directory is the same as the bedrock_server directory.
NO LOG FILE! - [2026-01-01 21:19:53:524 INFO] Server stop requested.
Quit correctly
cp: cannot create regular file '/bedrock-server/info/version.txt': Permission denied
/bedrock-server/config/permissions.json does not exist.
cp: cannot create regular file '/bedrock-server/config/permissions.json': Permission denied
chmod: cannot access '/bedrock-server/config/permissions.json': No such file or directory
/bedrock-server/config/allowlist.json does not exist.
cp: cannot create regular file '/bedrock-server/config/allowlist.json': Permission denied
chmod: cannot access '/bedrock-server/config/allowlist.json': No such file or directory
/bedrock-server/config/server.properties does not exist.
cp: cannot create regular file '/bedrock-server/config/server.properties': Permission denied
chmod: cannot access '/bedrock-server/config/server.properties': No such file or directory

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