Fix "Vite: Permission denied" — quick node_modules fix (npm run dev)

Vite (Vite, Vite build, or npm scripts) can throw "Permission denied" when your user lacks access to node_modules — often caused by running npm run dev which is the command used to run your Vue application in a development environment.

Solution

First, you need to check the owner:

ls -la ./

Then fix ownership:

chown -R $(whoami) ./node_modules

chmod -R 700 node_modules/.bin

Reinstall if needed (optional)

rm -rf node_modules && npm install