(SOLVED) root permissions...

[ardvark71]

Hi all....

I'm not understanding when I type in a terminal, "gksudo konsole," (and get another konsole window with root access,) why I cannot change directories! I just get an error message that says, "No such file or directory." the "cd" command works fine in a regular window. Could someone explain to me how this works?

Regards...

[kubicle]

Re: root permissions...

I'm not understanding when I type in a terminal, "gksudo konsole," (and get another konsole window with root access,) why I cannot change directories! I just get an error message that says, "No such file or directory." the "cd" command works fine in a regular window. Could someone explain to me how this works?

Could this be caused simply by the fact that the terminal starts in root's home directory (/root) instead of user's (/home/user)?

Other (unrelated) notes:
- you can use 'sudo -i' to get a root terminal in konsole, you don't need to start another konsole window for that.
- gksudo is so gnome, kdesudo is the kde way

[ardvark71]

Re: root permissions...

Could this be caused simply by the fact that the terminal starts in root's home directory (/root) instead of user's (/home/user)?

Most likely, yes but what do I type in to navigate to "Documents?"

- gksudo is so gnome, kdesudo is the kde way

Ah, a hold over from my Ubuntu 5.10 days.

Regards...

[kubicle]

Re: root permissions...

Most likely, yes but what do I type in to navigate to "Documents?"

Provided that "Documents" is in your user's home directory, you can navigate to it with (for example):

cd /home/username/Documents

(obviously replace "username" with your actual username)

[oshunluvr]

Re: root permissions...

Is it possible you're using cd.. when this occurs?

The "proper" command is cd .. (note the space after cd). The reason cd.. works as a regular user and not as root user is that cd.. is an alias in your ~/.bash_aliases but it's not in the root users.

[kubicle]

Re: root permissions...

The "proper" command is cd .. (note the space after cd). The reason cd.. works as a regular user and not as root user is that cd.. is an alias in your ~/.bash_aliases but it's not in the root users.

I don't think *buntus create ~/.bash_aliases by default for users...are you sure you didn't create one yourself?

[ardvark71]

Re: root permissions...

Is it possible you're using cd.. when this occurs?

Yes, I am. What should I use in root to replace "cd?"

EDIT: ok, I think I see what you mean. I was just using "cd," not any periods at all. So, I should be entering something like: "cd ..Documents"

Regards...

[kubicle]

Re: root permissions...

EDIT: ok, I think I see what you mean. I was just using "cd," not any periods at all. So, I should be entering something like: "cd ..Documents"

See my earlier post:

Provided that "Documents" is in your user's home directory, you can navigate to it with (for example):

cd /home/username/Documents

(obviously replace "username" with your actual username)

Of course you can also use a relative path 'cd ../home/username/Documents', but in this case the absolute path is shorter.

[ardvark71]

Re: root permissions...

Hi Kubicle...

Thank you, I'll give it a shot and let you guys know.

Regards...

[ardvark71]

Re: root permissions...

Hi all...

Thank you, guys, I was able to navigate to where I needed to go.

Regards...