Error on Linux when installing paper

[pristineslayer]

I run java -jar paper.1.12.jar command

It starts "Downloading original Jar" and then returns java.io.IOexception server returned HTTP response code 403.

This makes zero sense as I have already installed the file so why is it trying to pull it from a web server?

 

[Machine Maker]

It has to download the original vanilla jar in order to apply the binary patch. So it has to connect to mojang's servers to download it. It would be illegal to host it elsewhere. The jar you download from the downloads page/api isn't the server, it creates and runs the server.

 

[pristineslayer]

ah okay. i didnt know that.

 

[pristineslayer]

i put the original vanilla jar in the same file but it didnt work. It still wants to download the jar.

 

[Machine Maker]

I think it expects the jar to be named mojang_1.12.2.jar inside a cache folder inside the root of your server.

 

[pristineslayer]

Now it says Error: unable to access jarfile paper-1.12.2-1205.jar

 

[pristineslayer]

I fixed it. I put in su root and password and now it is working.

 

[_11]

It is a massive security issue to run servers as root, and is almost always unnessecary. Do not run servers as root. Given root permissions solved it, that means you've got your file system permissions misconfigured, a trivial problem to solve.

 

[pristineslayer]

so how do i change my permissions for jar files?