Ls: Cannot Open Directory: Permission Denied
I Can't Open a Directory with Username Even After Taking Ownership & Giving It All Permissions: Sudo Mkdir /Path/to/the/Directory/ Sudo Chown -R Username...
I can't open a directory with username even after taking ownership & giving it all permissions:
sudo mkdir /path/to/the/directory/
sudo chown -R username:username /path/to/the/directory/
sudo chmod -R 777 /path/to/the/directory/
I get:
$sudo ls -al /path/to/the/directory/
total 0
drwxrwxrwx 1 username username 0 nov 16 15:13 .
drwx------ 1 root root 208 nov 16 15:13 ..
$ ls -al /path/to/the/directory/
ls: cannot access '/path/to/the/directory/': Permission denied
What could be going on?
1 Answer
You have no rights on the parent directory
drwx------ 1 root root 208 nov 16 15:13 ..
You must have the x rights on the parent directory to pass thru this directory
drwx--x--x 1 root root 208 nov 16 15:13 ..
to do that :
sudo chmod go+x /path/to/the
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