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Error: EACCES: permission denied, mkdir '/home/node'

Hi!

Context:

I am an absolute noob in computer lingo but i will do my best in explaining myself.

I have installed Openclaw through WSL2 and UBUNTU and docker.

I went ahead and followed some online video tutorials to install it.

Online tutorials:
https://youtu.be/gIDz_fXnZfU?si=LR7zaltx74ctGaL-
https://youtu.be/Bn_hkXCwO-U?si=3dr28-npiGWfNh_c
https://youtu.be/V8nKksknXxg?si=WXJCQSQ3KcCOVoxs

Reason for following these particular videos for installing openclaw: I wanted to run openclaw using a particular ai model i can run on lm studio.

I could not find any other thorough video explaining how i can install openclaw and make it work with lm studio.

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Setup:

Personal PC (CLEAN)
OS: Windows
GPU: RTX 3090 Ti with 24GB VRAM
CPU: Intel Core i9-12900K (24 cores)
RAM: 32GB @ 2394MHz
Storage: Fast NVMe SSDs (samsung)

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Problem:

After setup i am seeing this error on the openclaw dashboard chat.

When i type anything i am getting this error: Error: EACCES: permission denied, mkdir '/home/node'

I dont understand what it is and i am praying that you can help me fix this and make my openclaw work.

Thank you!
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