X-Git-Url: https://jfr.im/git/yt-dlp.git/blobdiff_plain/88d8928bf7630801865cf8728ae5c77234324b7b..d4b52ce3fcb8d9578ed12365648eaba8718c603e:/yt_dlp/plugins.py

diff --git a/yt_dlp/plugins.py b/yt_dlp/plugins.py
index 6eecdb4d0..3cc879fd7 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/plugins.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/plugins.py
@@ -86,11 +86,14 @@ def _get_package_paths(*root_paths, containing_folder='plugins'):
         parts = Path(*fullname.split('.'))
         for path in orderedSet(candidate_locations, lazy=True):
             candidate = path / parts
-            if candidate.is_dir():
-                yield candidate
-            elif path.suffix in ('.zip', '.egg', '.whl'):
-                if parts in dirs_in_zip(path):
+            try:
+                if candidate.is_dir():
                     yield candidate
+                elif path.suffix in ('.zip', '.egg', '.whl') and path.is_file():
+                    if parts in dirs_in_zip(path):
+                        yield candidate
+            except PermissionError as e:
+                write_string(f'Permission error while accessing modules in "{e.filename}"\n')
 
     def find_spec(self, fullname, path=None, target=None):
         if fullname not in self.packages: