Changing the directory

KKANTH24 · 10-27-2011, 02:22 AM

Hi,

I am new to Linux.
Recently I was trying to install network driver in Debian Linux and Ubuntu but I was not able to change the directory.
But I am able to veiw the directories like desktop.
As without entering the directory I cannot install the driver from commnad line,please help on this

Regards,
LK

fukawi1 · 10-27-2011, 02:23 AM

How did you try to change the directory?

deep27ak · 10-27-2011, 02:30 AM

please try to elaborate your problem

What was the command you were trying?
were you getting any error?
or you are looking for a command to change the directory?

colucix · 10-27-2011, 02:54 AM

Be sure the directory has execute permissions: x permissions for directories mean they are accessible. You can still view the content of the directories using ls or the desktop file manager, but you cannot cd into them.

jv2112 · 10-27-2011, 04:22 AM

http://www.tuxfiles.org/linuxhelp/filepermissions.html

I would recommend reading up on permissions before you move forward.

KKANTH24 · 10-28-2011, 06:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fukawi1

How did you try to change the directory?

$ su
password

$cd desktop

KKANTH24 · 10-28-2011, 07:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by colucix

Be sure the directory has execute permissions: x permissions for directories mean they are accessible. You can still view the content of the directories using ls or the desktop file manager, but you cannot cd into them.

Hi,

How to change the permissions of folders?
Also when I do ls I can find only Desktop and TMP directory how to access other folders like bin,etc,sbin and others.
Regards,
Lakshmikanth

deep27ak · 10-28-2011, 07:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KKANTH24

Hi,

How to change the permissions of folders?
Also when I do ls I can find only Desktop and TMP directory how to access other folders like bin,etc,sbin and others.
Regards,
Lakshmikanth

where are you trying to do ls?

Code:

#cd /
#ls

colucix · 10-28-2011, 09:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KKANTH24

Hi,

How to change the permissions of folders?

To see what are the current permissions of the folder, do

Code:

ls -ld /path/to/folder

to change them use the chmod command, e.g

Code:

chmod +x /path/to/folder

Quote:

Originally Posted by KKANTH24

Also when I do ls I can find only Desktop and TMP directory how to access other folders like bin,etc,sbin and others.

What you see when you login (or open a new terminal or switch to root using su) is the content of your HOME directory (usually /home/username for normal users, /root for root). To list all the directories you mentioned, you need to go up to the origin of the directory tree:

Code:

cd /

The structure of the directories tree in Linux and Unix systems follows the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard, FHS.

rahulkya · 10-28-2011, 09:16 AM

I will recommend you to go through some beginner guide of linux. First thing Usually Debian/Ubuntu has Desktop Note that its capital D ..Linux is case sensitive ..

do

Quote:

ls -a

to list all files/directories
or do

Quote:

pwd

to see exactly where are you..

To change permission of folder say direc use this command..

Quote:

chmod 700 direc

EDDY1 · 10-28-2011, 11:12 AM

Quote:

Also when I do ls I can find only Desktop and TMP directory how to access other folders like bin,etc,sbin and others.

If you cd to any directory ls only lists the files for that directory.
But like stated in colucix post if you cd / you'll get a list of all the directories After finding the directory you're looking for you can cd to it & ls to see what's in that particular directory.