permission denied

[andrew anand]

platform:


Redhat Fedora Core 2
Apache
Perl CGI
PHP scripting
mySQL
qmail
Plesk 10 Domains

PROBLEM:

[root@q74 root]# /etc/passwd
-bash: /etc/passwd: Permission denied
[root@q74 root]# /etc/group
-bash: /etc/group: Permission denied
[root@q74 root]# /etc/shadow
-bash: /etc/shadow: Permission denied

-bash: /etc/sysconfig/network: Permission denied

AM i useing the incorrect command here?

newbie question
maybe ls?

Andrew

[deathadder]

All of those are actually files, so if you want to edit them your going to have to use a text editor, nano, kedit, vim, emacs etc. If you want to view them try

cat /etc/passwd

[MMYoung]

Originally posted by andrew anand
PROBLEM:

[root@q74 root]# /etc/passwd
-bash: /etc/passwd: Permission denied
[root@q74 root]# /etc/group
-bash: /etc/group: Permission denied
[root@q74 root]# /etc/shadow
-bash: /etc/shadow: Permission denied

-bash: /etc/sysconfig/network: Permission denied

AM i useing the incorrect command here?

newbie question
maybe ls?

Andrew

Obviously you are using the wrong command , but exactly what is it that you are trying to do?

If you are trying to display the contents of a directory then you should:

ls -l /etc/password
or
dir /etc/password

However I don't think that /etc/password is a directory, but rather a file. If that is the case, and you are wanting to display the contents of the file /etc/password, then do this:

less /etc/password

Now, if you are wanting to EDIT that file then you would want to use a text editor, as a general rule I use vi, so to edit that file:

vi /etc/password

HTH,
MMYoung

[GnomeProject]

What exactly are you trying to accomplish? Do you want to view? edit? list the files in a certain directory????? Just typing the path of a file into the prompt will get you nowhere unless that file is executable and even then you need an sh in front or a ./ to execute it....

If you are trying to edit the file, I suggest you look into an editor like vi, nano or emacs. If you are trying to simply look at the contents, I suggest you use more 'filename' or the pg command or even the cat command... If you are trying to list the contents of a directory use the ls command or l command. Anything else you need to know, I suggest you hit the tab key twice in quick succesion which will allow you to look at all the commands available on your system. Then from there you can read the man pages on those commands by typing:

man 'command' (minus the single qoutes of course)

Good luck!

-Adam