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cbernardo · 12-10-2018, 05:27 AM

HI everyone,

I'm trying to run ./gradlew :app:assembleStagingDebug in the root directory but if I try to access the root directory I'm getting permission denied.

Any Idea?

TenTenths · 12-10-2018, 05:29 AM

Run it with sudo

cbernardo · 12-10-2018, 05:32 AM

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Originally Posted by TenTenths

Run it with sudo

the problem is not running the command but try to enter in the root directory

TenTenths · 12-10-2018, 05:35 AM

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Originally Posted by TenTenths

Run it with sudo

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Originally Posted by cbernardo

the problem is not running the command but try to enter in the root directory

And running the command with sudo will elevate the privileges of the command to the root user and thus give it permissions on any directory.

cbernardo · 12-10-2018, 05:39 AM

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Originally Posted by TenTenths

And running the command with sudo will elevate the privileges of the command to the root user and thus give it permissions on any directory.

How can I enter in the root directory ?

pan64 · 12-10-2018, 05:41 AM

it looks like post #2 has an answer.

colorpurple21859 · 12-10-2018, 06:02 AM

sudo su -

zeebra · 12-10-2018, 06:03 AM

Use su perhaps, and not sudo.

berndbausch · 12-10-2018, 06:11 AM

Become root. Login as root, or su, or sudo -i.

Then cd /root.

You could also change the permissions of /root or set a FACL, but I guess there is a reason why normal users are normally not allowed in /root.

snowday · 12-10-2018, 07:38 AM

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Originally Posted by cbernardo

How can I enter in the root directory ?

With 'sudo' as everyone keeps telling you:

Code:

sudo cd /root

HOWEVER why are you doing this in your /root folder? Why not set up a proper build/working folder in your user's /home? Please check the Gradle documentation and make sure you're doing it right.

colorpurple21859 · 12-10-2018, 07:41 AM

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sudo cd /root

I tried that on my ubuntu system before posting and received a command not found error.

snowday · 12-10-2018, 07:44 AM

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Originally Posted by colorpurple21859

I tried that on my ubuntu system before posting and received a command not found error.

What is the exact error message please? Is it telling you 'sudo' not found, or 'cd' not found?

Can you try /usr/bin/cd instead of cd?

colorpurple21859 · 12-10-2018, 07:55 AM

cd not found, I didn't try "sudo /usr/bin/cd"

edit: "sudo /usr/bin/cd" same results /usr/bin/cd not found

snowday · 12-10-2018, 08:06 AM

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Originally Posted by colorpurple21859

cd not found, I didn't try "sudo /usr/bin/cd"

Interesting, Ubuntu can be a little quirky like that sometimes.

Try "which cd"?

It's all academic anyway, since I don't think the OP really needs to be in the /root folder. The Gradle Getting Started Guide makes frequent reference to the "root project build" and I think the OP has misinterpreted that as root's home folder /root.

JJJCR · 12-10-2018, 08:32 PM

Would this like help: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/...s-sudo-gradlew

From link above: I switched to root to check ~/.gradle, and found the files were quite complete