how to solve problems with permissions?
im getting a message like:
sachin@sachin-desktop:~/Desktop/rar$ cp unrar /usr/local/bin cp: cannot create regular file `/usr/local/bin/unrar': Permission denied i do not know wat this means and don't know to what to do abt it .if i could get some help? |
In Linux files have ownership and permissions: the ownership is "to whom the file belongs", permissions are "who can read, write or execute files". In this case you are trying to write a file in a directory which most likely belong to root. You may verify this by issuing
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ls -ld /usr/local Code:
man chown |
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Windows most of c:\ and Windows folders are restricted. only Documents and Settings\username is open to full access Linux is the same c:\ is replace by / (root) Documents and Settings\username is replaced by /home/username and the subfolders of /media /mnt are also usually user accessible. I dont suggest granting your self full access to any bar the default folders. since this command is a very rare occurance. to copy this file you should use a user with root permission it you use Ubuntu or Debian sudo cp unrar /usr/local/bin Password: <your sachin password> any other Distro sachin@sachin-desktop:~/Desktop/rar$ su Password: <your root password> root@sachin-desktop:~/Desktop/rar#cp unrar /usr/local/bin |
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