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+/* eslint-disable no-await-in-loop */
+/* eslint-disable no-restricted-syntax */
+import { execAsync, pathExists } from '@runtipi/shared';
+import path from 'path';
+import { ROOT_FOLDER } from '@/config/constants';
+
+export const ensureFilePermissions = async () => {
+  const filesAndFolders = [path.join(ROOT_FOLDER, 'state'), path.join(ROOT_FOLDER, 'traefik')];
+
+  const files600 = [path.join(ROOT_FOLDER, 'traefik', 'shared', 'acme.json')];
+
+  // Give permission to read and write to all files and folders for the current user
+  for (const fileOrFolder of filesAndFolders) {
+    if (await pathExists(fileOrFolder)) {
+      await execAsync(`chmod -R a+rwx ${fileOrFolder}`).catch(() => {});
+    }
+  }
+
+  for (const fileOrFolder of files600) {
+    if (await pathExists(fileOrFolder)) {
+      await execAsync(`chmod 600 ${fileOrFolder}`).catch(() => {});
+    }
+  }
+};