macOS permissions

[sdetweil]

anybody that know anything about mac file system permissions might be able to help me…

I have samba server share that is connected on logon to my catalina box.
using the login items page

if I open a terminal window, the share is there and usable

I also have MM installed and the MMM-ImagesPhotos module. which has symbolic links to folders on the samba share

if I start MM from the command prompt, via npm start, all works ok,
if I start MM with pm2, (which does an npm start from the batch file), the share is not accessible…

with this error reported from my code

 exception=Error: EPERM: operation not permitted, scandir '/selectedpics'
 exception=Error: EPERM: operation not permitted, scandir '/sp'

this link seems to say if I could find ‘the application’ I could enable access
https://osxdaily.com/2018/10/09/fix-operation-not-permitted-terminal-error-macos/

I cannot find pm2 (it is outside my user space) /usr/lib/bin/pm2
I tried making the electron.app thing as the application, but still doesn’t work.

the share opens correctly at login
pm2 starts MM correctly at login

SO close…