From 52b64907a8d55373e03e697bf5bcf6ede6fe5dc7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Amjad Masad <amjad.masad@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2015 21:56:25 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Npm locking error fix

---
 docs/Troubleshooting.md | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/Troubleshooting.md b/docs/Troubleshooting.md
index cb40c28c6..c1b278b0a 100644
--- a/docs/Troubleshooting.md
+++ b/docs/Troubleshooting.md
@@ -50,3 +50,11 @@ Permission settings prevent Watchman from loading. A recent update solves this,
 brew uninstall watchman
 brew install --HEAD watchman
 ```
+
+## NPM locking error
+
+If in the `react-native init <project>` phase you saw npm fail with "npm WARN locking Error: EACCES" then try the following:
+```
+sudo chown -R $USER ~/.npm
+sudo chown -R $USER /usr/local/lib/node_modules
+```