Changing the directory
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 |
How did you try to change the directory?
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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? |
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.
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http://www.tuxfiles.org/linuxhelp/filepermissions.html
I would recommend reading up on permissions before you move forward. |
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password $cd desktop |
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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 |
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#cd / |
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cd / |
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 ..
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To change permission of folder say direc use this command.. Quote:
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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. |
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