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PowerShell.6.0.0-alpha18 - Update-Help cmdlet failes giving "Access Denied" error #3506
Description
Steps to reproduce
update-help -force
Expected behavior
No errors
Actual behavior
update-help : Failed to update Help for the module(s) 'Microsoft.PowerShell.Archive, Microsoft.PowerShell.Core, Microsoft.PowerShell.Host, Microsoft.PowerShell.Management, Microsoft.PowerShell.Security, Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility, PackageManagement, PowerShellGet, PSReadLine' with UI culture(s) {en-US} : Access to the path '/opt/microsoft/powershell/6.0.0-alpha.18/en-US/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Management.dll-Help.xml' is denied.
Environment data
PS /home/maxt> cat /etc/issue
Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS \n \l
> $PSVersionTable
Name Value
---- -----
PSVersion 6.0.0-alpha
PSEdition Core
PSCompatibleVersions {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0...}
BuildVersion 3.0.0.0
GitCommitId v6.0.0-alpha.18
CLRVersion
WSManStackVersion 3.0
PSRemotingProtocolVersion 2.3
SerializationVersion 1.1.0.1
Activity
iSazonov commentedon Apr 7, 2017
Maximo Trinidad (@MaximoTrinidad) Can you run with elevated rights?
MaximoTrinidad commentedon Apr 7, 2017
Hi Ilya (@iSazonov) ,
Let me try that! OK..
It works!
sudo powershell
update-help -force
Thanks,
Max
iSazonov commentedon Apr 8, 2017
It would be good to make a more user-friendly message.
SteveL-MSFT commentedon Apr 11, 2017
Fixing this should resolve the real issue