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Old 10-07-2023, 03:40 PM   #1
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Need some help with correcting Ubuntu when /etc/passwd states bash: /etc/passwd: permission denied

How do I correct Ubuntu when /etc/passwd states bash: /etc/passwd: permission denied?
 
Old 10-07-2023, 03:47 PM   #2
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Welcome to LinuxQuestions.

What do mean by "how do I correct Ubuntu"?
Please elaborate on what you are trying to accomplish? Is this homework?
 
Old 10-07-2023, 04:58 PM   #3
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You'll get this message in Ubuntu if you forget to specify a command and just give a file name including its path:
Code:
$ /etc/passwd
bash: /etc/passwd: Permission denied
The message means that file isn't executable.
Last edited by shruggy; 10-07-2023 at 05:02 PM.
 
Old 10-07-2023, 05:19 PM   #4
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Smile Hi
If you want to read its contents try
Code:
cat /etc/passwd
https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/unders...d-file-format/

...other than that (like said^) we need to know what you mean by "correcting" like* what are you trying to do?
 
  


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