# Error in nginx-0.8.42: : mkdir() "/usr/local/nginx/uwsgi\_temp" failed **URL:** \ **Category:** NGINX\ **Created:** [June 26, 2010, 9:25am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-in-nginx-0-8-42-mkdir-usr-local-nginx-uwsgi-temp-failed/190741 "2010-06-26T09:25:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MSAlan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/f0a364/32.png) [@MSAlan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/MSAlan)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2010, 9:25am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-in-nginx-0-8-42-mkdir-usr-local-nginx-uwsgi-temp-failed/190741/1 "2010-06-26T09:25:17Z")
Up until (at least) nginx-0.8.37 I was able to rebuild the nginx Ubuntu package without any problems (I have previously posted in this list the procedure to rebuild a Debain/Ubuntu package). Using the nginx-0.8.42.tar.gz sources I am able to build a nginx\_0.8.42-0ubuntu1\_i386.deb package that, once installed, gives the following error while trying to run nginx: sudo /usr/sbin/nginx -t the configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf syntax is ok [emerg]: mkdir() “/usr/local/nginx/uwsgi\_temp” failed (2: No such file or directory) configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf test failed As Debian does not use /usr/local/nginx/, it seems that something named UWSGI is not following the file placing rules as it should. M. ---
**Author:** ![MSAlan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/f0a364/32.png) [@MSAlan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/MSAlan)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2010, 9:38am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-in-nginx-0-8-42-mkdir-usr-local-nginx-uwsgi-temp-failed/190741/2 "2010-06-26T09:38:45Z")
On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 11:24 AM, M. Alan [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > As Debian does not use /usr/local/nginx/, it seems that something > named UWSGI is not following the file placing rules as it should. Looks like you forgot to pass correct uwsgi-temp-path to configure script. – Boris D.. ---
**Author:** ![MSAlan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/f0a364/32.png) [@MSAlan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/MSAlan)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2010, 9:42am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-in-nginx-0-8-42-mkdir-usr-local-nginx-uwsgi-temp-failed/190741/3 "2010-06-26T09:42:16Z")
Hi, > As Debian does not use /usr/local/nginx/, it seems that something > named UWSGI is not following the file placing rules as it should. uWSGI (uwsgi?) follows same rules as client\_body/FastCGI/log/proxy paths. This means that starting with nginx-0.8.41 you should add “–http-uwsgi-temp-path” to the ./configure options and starting with nginx-0.8.42 you should also add “–http-scgi-temp-path”. Best regards, Piotr S. \< [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) \> ---
**Author:** ![MSAlan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/f0a364/32.png) [@MSAlan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/MSAlan)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2010, 2:49am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-in-nginx-0-8-42-mkdir-usr-local-nginx-uwsgi-temp-failed/190741/4 "2010-08-26T02:49:33Z")
I had the exact same error using apt-get via [http://wiki.nginx.org/NginxInstall](http://wiki.nginx.org/NginxInstall) – In that case, there is no configure involved, installation is pretty much automatic. This extends the “you” who “forgot to pass correct uwsgi-temp-path to configure script” I guess. But I don’t know how to report the issue to him/her. BTW: I got by via a “mkdir /usr/local/nginx” but this might be unorthodox. Yours, ``` Jean Hugues ``` Posted at Nginx Forum: > **[Re: error in nginx-0.8.42: \[emerg\]: mkdir() "/usr/local/nginx/uwsgi\_temp" failed](https://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,102597,123795#msg-123795)** > > Up until (at least) nginx-0.8.37 I was able to rebuild the nginx Ubuntu package without any problems (I have previously posted in this list the procedure to rebuild a Debain/Ubuntu package). Using the nginx-0.8.42.tar.gz sources I am able to build a... ---
**Author:** ![MSAlan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/f0a364/32.png) [@MSAlan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/MSAlan)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2010, 12:31am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-in-nginx-0-8-42-mkdir-usr-local-nginx-uwsgi-temp-failed/190741/5 "2010-08-28T00:31:05Z")
## serepo Wrote: > Cheers Sebastiaan It looks like that PPA has had some problems for the last 12 days. On 8/12/2010 it built a package successfully but did not include those two temp paths. Build log: [http://launchpadlibrarian.net/53535379/buildlog\_ubuntu-lucid-i386.nginx\_0.8.49-1ppa1\_FULLYBUILT.txt.gz](http://launchpadlibrarian.net/53535379/buildlog_ubuntu-lucid-i386.nginx_0.8.49-1ppa1_FULLYBUILT.txt.gz) But then again on 8/12/2010 it tried to rebuild with the needed options: –http-scgi-temp-path=/var/lib/nginx/scgi –http-uwsgi-temp-path=/var/lib/nginx/uwsgi but failed to build. Build log: [http://launchpadlibrarian.net/53565334/buildlog\_ubuntu-lucid-i386.nginx\_0.8.49%2Btime~lucid1\_FAILEDTOBUILD.txt.gz](http://launchpadlibrarian.net/53565334/buildlog_ubuntu-lucid-i386.nginx_0.8.49%2Btime~lucid1_FAILEDTOBUILD.txt.gz) Looks like a naming problem. Package name changed and it applied that to the source path and then it couldn’t find the upstream-fair module and died. Please contact the maintainer of the PPA. Posted at Nginx Forum: [http://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,102597,124478#msg-124478](http://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,102597,124478#msg-124478) ---
**Author:** ![MSAlan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/f0a364/32.png) [@MSAlan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/MSAlan)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2010, 11:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-in-nginx-0-8-42-mkdir-usr-local-nginx-uwsgi-temp-failed/190741/6 "2010-08-27T23:56:33Z")
In addition to Jean hughes: I also installed from the ppa in ubuntu lucid, and created /usr/local/nginx Then I made the user (& group) www-data, who apparently is created by the nginx install package, owner of /usr/local/nginx/ with read & write access. Start nginx with /etc.init.d/nginx start and youŕe ready to go. Cheers Sebastiaan Posted at Nginx Forum: > **[Re: error in nginx-0.8.42: \[emerg\]: mkdir() "/usr/local/nginx/uwsgi\_temp" failed](https://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,102597,124470#msg-124470)** > > Up until (at least) nginx-0.8.37 I was able to rebuild the nginx Ubuntu package without any problems (I have previously posted in this list the procedure to rebuild a Debain/Ubuntu package). Using the nginx-0.8.42.tar.gz sources I am able to build a...