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cannot open directory .: Permission denied

Asked by Alfredzo Nash

here is the exact issue

 I have trouble running "ls" on my own PC

alfred@alfred-desktop:~$ ls
ls: cannot open directory .: Permission denied

What did I do wrong?

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Abhinav (abhinavhardikar) said : 		#1

try doing 'sudo su' and then try 'ls'

Abhinav

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Bhavani Shankar (bhavi) said : 		#2

Hello

You can have a look at this question

https://answers.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/33743

Regards

Bhavani Shankar.

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Alfredzo Nash (lfrdznash) said : 		#3

when i perform sudo -s . I can run "ls" as root, however i use to be able to do it before (not as root)

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Bhavani Shankar (bhavi) said : 		#4

Most probably a permissions problem I think do ref:

https://answers.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/33743

Regards

Bhavani Shankar.

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Alfredzo Nash (lfrdznash) said : 		#5

sigint@sigint-desktop:/usr/bin$ sudo dkpg --get-selections > /etc/package.selections
bash: /etc/package.selections: Permission denied

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Alfredzo Nash (lfrdznash) said : 		#6

reinstalled ubuntu