apt-mirror: can't create /dir:/mirror directory at /usr/bin/apt-mirror line 342

Question

The title of this question is the error message I receive after installing apt-mirror and apache2. As per the instructions set out by all the guides I've encountered. It informs me to modify /etc/apt/mirror.list with a directory that I've created for the repository to end up.

ie set base_path /dir

I've added the repos I want in my list as well. Once I've entered the following

$ sudo apt-mirror

It returns with the error in the title

apt-mirror: can't create /srv/local-repo:/mirror directory at /usr/bin/apt-mirror line 342

I investigated that file:line, and I'm too amateur to decipher the issue.

Answer 1

apt-mirror is meant to be run by the user apt-mirror, not root.

So don't run it as root. It will mess everything up.

First, make sure that the path is owned, readable and writable by the apt-mirror user.

And launch it as that user:

sudo -iu apt-mirror apt-mirror