ls cannot open directory Permission denied

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Hi Guys,

I am trying to read the files inside /root folder. But it is showing me the below error.

[myuser@localhost root]$ ls
ls: cannot open directory '.': Permission denied

How can I solve this error?

Aug 13, 2020 in Linux Administration by akhtar
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1 answer to this question.

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Hi@akhtar,

You got this error because your user does not have permission to read files inside /root folder. But you change the permission by using the below-given command.

$ chmod o+r /root/

I hope this will solve your error.

Hope it helps!

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Thanks.

answered Aug 13, 2020 by MD
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I tried to run the "chmod o+r /root/" cmd but it says "chmod: changing permissions of '/root/' : operation not permitted" so im a bit stuck at the moment

You have to run this command from your root account. Otherwise, you will get permission denied error.

Run the below command.

$ sudo chmod o+r /root/

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