Helix Install Issue - Permissions on serialization folder - sitecore

Question

Having a problem on a fresh Habitat setup... followed all steps, publish projects etc, but now I'm getting this error:
Access to the path '$(sourceFolder)\feature\accounts\serialization' is denied.
I've tried setting permissions on that folder, giving Everyone full access, but it doesn't make a difference.
Using latest version as of yesterday. Sitecore was working fine before publishing foundation projects. Have not yet run Unicorn Sync.
Any suggestions?
Here's the full error:
Access to the path '$(sourceFolder)\feature\accounts\serialization' is denied.
Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.
Exception Details: System.UnauthorizedAccessException: Access to the path '$(sourceFolder)\feature\accounts\serialization' is denied.
ASP.NET is not authorized to access the requested resource. Consider granting access rights to the resource to the ASP.NET request identity. ASP.NET has a base process identity (typically {MACHINE}\ASPNET on IIS 5 or Network Service on IIS 6 and IIS 7, and the configured application pool identity on IIS 7.5) that is used if the application is not impersonating. If the application is impersonating via <identity impersonate="true"/>, the identity will be the anonymous user (typically IUSR_MACHINENAME) or the authenticated request user.
To grant ASP.NET access to a file, right-click the file in File Explorer, choose "Properties" and select the Security tab. Click "Add" to add the appropriate user or group. Highlight the ASP.NET account, and check the boxes for the desired access.
Source Error:
Line 103: public Job StartRebuildAnalyticsIndexJob()
Line 104: {
Line 105: var options = new Sitecore.Jobs.JobOptions("Rebuild analytics index", "Indexing job", "shell", this, "RebuildAnalyticsIndex");
Line 106: return Sitecore.Jobs.JobManager.Start(options);
Line 107: }
Source File: C:\DATA\Latrobe.Sc\git\sitecore\src\foundation\Installer\code\MongoRestore\MongoRestoreService.cs Line: 105
Stack Trace:
[UnauthorizedAccessException: Access to the path '$(sourceFolder)\feature\accounts\serialization' is denied.]
System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath) +419
System.IO.Directory.InternalCreateDirectory(String fullPath, String path, Object dirSecurityObj, Boolean checkHost) +1438
System.IO.Directory.InternalCreateDirectoryHelper(String path, Boolean checkHost) +73
Rainbow.Storage.SerializationFileSystemDataStore.InitializeRootPath(String rootPath) +313
Rainbow.Storage.SerializationFileSystemDataStore..ctor(String physicalRootPath, Boolean useDataCache, ITreeRootFactory rootFactory, ISerializationFormatter formatter) +233
lambda_method(Closure , Object[] ) +246
Unicorn.Configuration.MicroConfiguration.Activate(Type type, KeyValuePair`2[] unmappedConstructorParameters) +826
Unicorn.Configuration.<>c__DisplayClass7_0`1.<RegisterExpectedConfigType>b__2() +38
System.Lazy`1.CreateValue() +709
System.Lazy`1.LazyInitValue() +191
Unicorn.Data.ConfigurationDataStore.RegisterForChanges(Action`2 actionOnChange) +19
Unicorn.Data.DataProvider.UnicornDataProvider..ctor(ITargetDataStore targetDataStore, ISourceDataStore sourceDataStore, IPredicate predicate, IFieldFilter fieldFilter, IUnicornDataProviderLogger logger, IUnicornDataProviderConfiguration dataProviderConfiguration, ISyncConfiguration syncConfiguration, PredicateRootPathResolver rootPathResolver) +547
lambda_method(Closure , Object[] ) +391
Unicorn.Configuration.MicroConfiguration.Activate(Type type, KeyValuePair`2[] unmappedConstructorParameters) +826
Unicorn.Configuration.MicroConfiguration.Resolve() +118
System.Linq.WhereSelectArrayIterator`2.MoveNext() +102
System.Linq.Buffer`1..ctor(IEnumerable`1 source) +148
System.Linq.Enumerable.ToArray(IEnumerable`1 source) +106
Unicorn.Data.DataProvider.UnicornSqlServerDataProvider..ctor(String connectionString) +232
[TargetInvocationException: Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation.]
System.RuntimeMethodHandle.InvokeMethod(Object target, Object[] arguments, Signature sig, Boolean constructor) +0
System.Reflection.RuntimeConstructorInfo.Invoke(BindingFlags invokeAttr, Binder binder, Object[] parameters, CultureInfo culture) +329
Sitecore.Reflection.ReflectionUtil.CreateObject(Type type, Object[] parameters) +119
Sitecore.Configuration.DefaultFactory.CreateFromTypeName(XmlNode configNode, String[] parameters, Boolean assert) +119
Sitecore.Configuration.DefaultFactory.CreateObject(XmlNode configNode, String[] parameters, Boolean assert, IFactoryHelper helper) +165
Sitecore.Configuration.DefaultFactory.CreateObject(XmlNode configNode, String[] parameters, Boolean assert) +72
Sitecore.Configuration.DefaultFactory.CreateObject(String configPath, String[] parameters, Boolean assert) +619
Sitecore.Configuration.DefaultFactory.CreateFromReference(XmlNode configNode, String[] parameters, Boolean assert) +170
Sitecore.Configuration.DefaultFactory.CreateObject(XmlNode configNode, String[] parameters, Boolean assert, IFactoryHelper helper) +118
Sitecore.Configuration.DefaultFactory.CreateObject(XmlNode configNode, String[] parameters, Boolean assert) +72
Sitecore.Configuration.DefaultFactory.GetInnerObject(XmlNode paramNode, String[] parameters, Boolean assert) +932
Sitecore.Configuration.DefaultFactory.AssignProperties(XmlNode configNode, String[] parameters, Object obj, Boolean assert, Boolean deferred, IFactoryHelper helper) +560
Sitecore.Configuration.DefaultFactory.CreateObject(XmlNode configNode, String[] parameters, Boolean assert, IFactoryHelper helper) +322
Sitecore.Configuration.DefaultFactory.CreateObject(XmlNode configNode, String[] parameters, Boolean assert) +72
Sitecore.Configuration.DefaultFactory.CreateObject(String configPath, String[] parameters, Boolean assert) +619
Sitecore.Configuration.DefaultFactory.GetDatabase(String name, Boolean assert) +157
Sitecore.Configuration.DefaultFactory.GetDatabase(String name) +55
Sitecore.Configuration.DefaultFactory.GetDatabases() +121
Sitecore.Data.Managers.LanguageProvider.InitializeEventHandlers() +73
Sitecore.Data.Managers.LanguageProvider..ctor() +225
Sitecore.DependencyInjection.DefaultSitecoreServicesConfigurator.<.cctor>b__a(IServiceProvider p) +31
Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.ScopedCallSite.Invoke(ServiceProvider provider) +117
Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.ServiceLookup.ConstructorCallSite.Invoke(ServiceProvider provider) +117
Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.ScopedCallSite.Invoke(ServiceProvider provider) +117
Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.ServiceProviderServiceExtensions.GetRequiredService(IServiceProvider provider, Type serviceType) +100
Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.ServiceProviderServiceExtensions.GetRequiredService(IServiceProvider provider) +59
System.Lazy`1.CreateValue() +709
System.Lazy`1.LazyInitValue() +191
Sitecore.Globalization.Language.TryParse(String name, Language& result) +139
Sitecore.Globalization.Language.Parse(String name) +63
Sitecore.Jobs.JobOptions..ctor(String jobName, String category, String siteName, Object obj, String methodName, Object[] parameters) +593
Sitecore.Jobs.JobOptions..ctor(String jobName, String category, String siteName, Object obj, String methodName) +66
Sitecore.Foundation.Installer.MongoRestore.MongoRestoreService.StartRebuildAnalyticsIndexJob() in C:\DATA\Latrobe.Sc\git\sitecore\src\foundation\Installer\code\MongoRestore\MongoRestoreService.cs:105
Sitecore.Foundation.Installer.MongoRestore.MongoRestoreProcessor.Process(PipelineArgs args) in C:\DATA\Latrobe.Sc\git\sitecore\src\foundation\Installer\code\MongoRestore\MongoRestoreProcessor.cs:30
(Object , Object[] ) +170
Sitecore.Pipelines.CorePipeline.Run(PipelineArgs args) +484
Sitecore.Pipelines.DefaultCorePipelineManager.Run(String pipelineName, PipelineArgs args, String pipelineDomain) +22
Sitecore.Nexus.Web.HttpModule.Application_Start() +259
Sitecore.Nexus.Web.HttpModule.Init(HttpApplication app) +704
System.Web.HttpApplication.RegisterEventSubscriptionsWithIIS(IntPtr appContext, HttpContext context, MethodInfo[] handlers) +618
System.Web.HttpApplication.InitSpecial(HttpApplicationState state, MethodInfo[] handlers, IntPtr appContext, HttpContext context) +172
System.Web.HttpApplicationFactory.GetSpecialApplicationInstance(IntPtr appContext, HttpContext context) +402
System.Web.Hosting.PipelineRuntime.InitializeApplication(IntPtr appContext) +343
[HttpException (0x80004005): Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation.]
System.Web.HttpRuntime.FirstRequestInit(HttpContext context) +539
System.Web.HttpRuntime.EnsureFirstRequestInit(HttpContext context) +125
System.Web.HttpRuntime.ProcessRequestNotificationPrivate(IIS7WorkerRequest wr, HttpContext context) +731

Answer 1

I had similar issue in my sitecore project.
And I was missing below configuration settings.
<configuration xmlns:patch="http://www.sitecore.net/xmlconfig/">
<sitecore>
<sc.variable name="sourceFolder" value="C:\projects\Habitat\src" />
</sitecore>
</configuration>
Hope this helps you.
Thanks