still new to the linux game here. I finally got my bot to resolve DNS names, dunno how i did it, all i did was reboot. Now i have another problem. I login as root, it defaults me to my "Desktop" directory. No problem, i grew up in the MSDos days, so i just "cd .." and it takes me to my topmost directory. herein lies my problem. I cd change to ANY directory, but the ect directory. when i try to "cd ect" (tried all sorts of other viriables as well) i get an error that says: -bash: cd: ect: No such file or directory

Of course, this popses a problem, because all the files i need to edit for ftp, mysql, ect, ect are all in that directory.

Do i have a bad install here?

Thanks for the help
Blade

Try
cd /etc
not
cd etc

have tried that, and i get the same response from the box

Could you show the output of this command

ls /

?

BTW, its etc (etcetera), not ect...

/# ls /
bin/ dev/ home/ lost+found/ mnt/ proc/ sbin/ sys/ usr/
boot/ etc/ lib/ media/ opt/ root/ srv/ tmp/ var/

Now, try
cd /etc
(exactly like this). What happens?

/# cd /ect
-bash: cd: /ect: No such file or directory

No, not
cd /ect
please do
cd /etc

The directory where the system stores configuration files is called /etc, not /ect.

OMG.....i feel like such an idiot now. i was just glancing at that dir, and saw ect, now that i use the proper directory, it actually works.

Thanks for all the help
Blade

i really do feel like an idiot, lol

What's the permissions on and who owns the /etc folder?

cd /

# / pwd

# / (/ is current working directory)

# / ls -la etc

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Alan.