nautilus can't get into /

simple · 08-11-2005, 01:51 PM

as the user, i can't view beyond /home/ can't look in / or anything any idea why? http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/5...browser5zf.png
http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/9...ayingfolde.png permission is set to allow "read" andi can't change permission to / as root.. what gives

spooon · 08-11-2005, 06:13 PM

Can you access it on the command line? What happens when you do these:

Code:

cd /
ls /
ls -l /

What permissions does it display if you do this:

Code:

ls -ld /

simple · 08-11-2005, 08:23 PM

Quote:

simple@localhost ~ $ cd /
simple@localhost / $ ls /
ls: /: Permission denied
simple@localhost / $ ls -l /
ls: /: Permission denied
simple@localhost / $

i can't change permission at "filesystem" either as root.. but it seems find to me.. http://img317.imageshack.us/img317/9...eenshot3gz.png ty for the reply

jrdioko · 08-11-2005, 09:53 PM

What does "ls -ld /" give you as root?

simple · 08-11-2005, 10:02 PM

Quote:

simple@localhost ~ $ ls -ld /
d-wxr----t 18 root root 4096 Aug 10 11:26 /
simple@localhost ~ $

oh yeah.. posted it but edited and forgot to leave it in

jrdioko · 08-11-2005, 10:08 PM

It's not set to be world-readable, so only root can read, write, and execute. It's also strange that the group is allowed to read but the owner isn't. I'll let someone else tell you exactly what to do, though, since you have to be very careful when changing permissions. If you type the wrong thing you'll end up changing the permissions of every file on your system with no way to get them back, and I'm not comfortable enough with what permissions every directory is supposed to have.

simple · 08-12-2005, 07:59 AM

okay thanks, hope somebody is willing to help.