I accidentaly changed my .bashrc on /root folder now i cannot access root folder then i dont know what to do i just installed kali linux last night, i need this help. https://i.imgur.com/uDmemGG.png
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hi, and welcome here, at LQ.
I have to say you need to choose another distro, not kali. https://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...ad-4175614092/
https://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...ro-4175623119/
Additionally would be nice to give more details, what you posted is not enough to help you.
(like which user was used to modify bashrc, what did you change, which user was trying to access /root .....)

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+1. No one should touch Kali until they have at least a year's experience of Linux administration.

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I'll third this: Kali is an advanced distro used for penetration testing and is not a general purpose distro. It also works MUCH better and is far less of a pain in the rear to run the pre-made images in a VM.

Having said that, pan64 hit the nail on the head: what user is accessing "/root"? Only the root user can access that directory and you should never be running a desktop with the root user.

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I fully concur with the fellow members. But will also note, and I suspect we may consider updating and emphasize on the Kali sticky thread that:

1. There are plenty of reasons to use Kali, and sometimes people use it for academic reasons. If the latter, then a good suggestion is that persons seek out the advice of the course instructor who has guided you to use this distribution and ask them how you can search for resources.
2. The Kali site has their own forums and wiki pages and those should be consulted.
3. The tools employed by Kali are not unique to the distribution, so therefore if you are seeking information about these applications, then be specific and you may benefit by others who are familiar with their use.
4. Installing Kali Linux is not a primary recommendation even by the Kali Linux maintainers, therefore be aware that few members may be able to answer very specific questions about an install, however members can certainly answer similar Linux OS questions, providing there's enough background. If you've made changes to your system, you need to be able to describe clearly what you have done, otherwise Kali or otherwise, members really are not able to help much without knowing the background as to what changes you have made.

I feel point #4 here is most relevant to your question, srnrp. You've made changes, you cannot as yet describe what you changed and how you did this. Yes a picture is worth 1,000 words, however the picture you show illustrates a fault symptom and nothing about how you got there. Regardless of this being Kali or a more user friendly based distribution, you need to provide a more clear description of what you've done. Otherwise you may find that a restarting point is one of the things which is your only action to fix what you've broken.

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chroot should let you fix it.

The .bashrc file has nothing to do with accessing the root folder. Nothing you did there would affect opening /root. What does matter is that only root can access root's folders. You need to become root or use sudo in order to open those folders. You can become root by using su in a terminal or by using sudo in a terminal.

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