permission denied!

zagabar · 2006-08-07 15:03:05

Hi.

I just installed Archlinux with the FTP install and I have added one user. The problem is that I dont have permission to open /etc/rc.conf even if I am logged in as root. It seems as well as i dont have permission to view any configurationfiles.

ralvez · 2006-08-07 15:23:06

You seem to have root access since you created a new account. Log in as root and change the permissions of /etc/rc.conf like this:

 chmod 644 /etc/rc.conf

and that should solve the problem.

zagabar · 2006-08-07 15:28:39

Nope it didn't work. It's not that I want my user to have permission, I want root to have permission. Even if i only log in as root, i cannot open the file. Permission denied.

ralvez · 2006-08-07 15:31:02

I see. In that case I would think that something went wrong with the FTP installation. You may need to re-install.

zagabar · 2006-08-07 15:35:28

OK, im going to try that now...

zagabar · 2006-08-07 16:00:13

Nope, i still havent got permission.

ralvez · 2006-08-07 16:18:15

Ok, that's odd.
Try to open the file using

cat /etc/rc.conf

you should be able to see the file like that if everything is otherwise OK.

Also issue

ls -l /etc/rc.conf

and post the results, I'd like to see the permissions of the file.

zagabar · 2006-08-07 17:14:16

hmmmm.

If I type cat /etc/rc.conf then I am able to display it but not edit it.

[root@myhost ~]# ls -l /etc/rc-conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2716 Aug 6 22:03 /ect/rc.conf

Is this the way it should be?

jrepan · 2006-08-07 17:27:35

zagabar wrote:

Is this the way it should be?

Yes

zagabar · 2006-08-07 17:28:32

But how come that I cannot open the files, just view them?

ralvez · 2006-08-07 18:11:06

OK. You can see the file and seems also that the permissions are properly set up.
Try this:

su -c 'nano /etc/rc.conf'

you will be asked for the root password, type it and then try to edit the file.
Let's see what we get.

p.s. if you do not have nano then type pacman -Sy nano

arooaroo · 2006-08-07 18:12:27

zagabar wrote:

But how come that I cannot open the files, just view them?

Surely it's because you're not logged in as 'root'.

Stinky · 2006-08-07 18:34:34

arooaroo wrote:

zagabar wrote:
But how come that I cannot open the files, just view them?
Surely it's because you're not logged in as 'root'.

[root@myhost ~]# ls -l /etc/rc-conf

arooaroo · 2006-08-07 18:51:20

Stinky wrote:

[root@myhost ~]# ls -l /etc/rc-conf

Oops! Managed to miss that.

The only other theory I can think of is that the partition is mounted as read-only. So regardless of being logged in as root, you still can't alter any thing.

ralvez · 2006-08-07 19:03:26

Yes, either that or the root password is messed up. By running an editor like nano with su -c 'nano /etc/rc.conf'
I hope we can see if the passord holds "valid" from there the other option is the system is read-only.

dtw · 2006-08-07 19:38:31

arooaroo wrote:

The only other theory I can think of is that the partition is mounted as read-only.

First thing _I_ thought of!

zagabar · 2006-08-08 12:05:26

When I type "su -c 'nano /etc/rc.conf'" I come into a text editing window, but it is empty. I can see the commands at the bottom of the screen, but where the text is supposed to be shown, there is no text.

How do I check if the partition is marked read only?

jaboua · 2006-08-08 16:41:38

zagabar wrote:

When I type "su -c 'nano /etc/rc.conf'" I come into a text editing window, but it is empty. I can see the commands at the bottom of the screen, but where the text is supposed to be shown, there is no text.
How do I check if the partition is marked read only?

mount

If there is a RO in a paranthese behind the partition in the output, it's read only. But considering that you can't show the content in nano, I would rather guess on something else being wrong... Have you tried several text editors?

zagabar · 2006-08-08 18:51:02

I have succeded to edit files with nano now but I still dont have permission if I try to open it normally.

ralvez · 2006-08-08 22:33:14

What do you mean by "open it normally". If you were able to open the file with nano and edit it it means: 1. You do have "root powers" and they work as expected 2. The partition is not READ Only.

Perhaps we are not understanding what you are doing ... can you give us a "step by step" sort of guide to try to retrace your steps and understand the problem?

BTW, /etc/rc.conf is not editable by regular users only by root.

Snarkout · 2006-08-08 23:03:13

Once you are logged in as root, please post the output of:

mount

env (mask any sensitive info from this command, like IPs)

id

Please also post any errors you get when trying to edit the file.

zagabar · 2006-08-09 12:40:18

/dev/hdg3 on / type ext3 (rw)
none on /proc type proc (rw)
none on /sys type sysfs (rw)
none on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw)
none on /dev/pts type devpts (rw)
none on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw)
/dev/hdg1 on /boot type ext2 (rw)

this is what I get when i type mount. I guess that the RW paranthesis stands for read write.
I get the message permission denied when i just type /etc/rc.conf like this.

[root@myhost]# /etc/rc.conf
bash: /etc/rc.conf: Permission denied

Cerebral · 2006-08-09 13:02:36

zagabar wrote:

[root@myhost]# /etc/rc.conf
bash: /etc/rc.conf: Permission denied

:shock: ... that means that you're not allowed to execute /etc/rc.conf. This is normal.

If you want to edit the file, you must use an editor: nano, vim, emacs, vi, pica, etc... You can't just type the filename at the prompt; that won't work because the configuration file is not executable.

zagabar · 2006-08-09 13:20:10

oh... silly me. thakns for the help anyway >D

dtw · 2006-08-09 14:03:51

zagabar wrote:

silly me

:shock: Are you kidding?! I dunno maybe you used a different shell in the past but I can't imagine anyone trying to open a file without even using a command! It was such a basic error it took nearly 30 posts for the problem to even be identified! :cry:

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