Why can't I view contents of my home directory when logged in as root?
I have Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (64-bit) laptop. Did I setup my root account properly? When I login to my 'root' account, I cannot view contents of my home directory? I cannot access /root directory?
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The /root directory is empty.
Run ls -la to see the hidden files.
Run ls -la to see the hidden files.
ASKER
Cd /root
ls -la
User directories do not have files within on install outside the hidden settings from /etc/skel
Commonly .bashrc, .profile .login in order to see them, you gave to use the -a option to ls.
ls -la
User directories do not have files within on install outside the hidden settings from /etc/skel
Commonly .bashrc, .profile .login in order to see them, you gave to use the -a option to ls.
ASKER
What are you expe ting to see?
The location is empty...
What where you expecting?
The location is empty...
What where you expecting?
1) In all the above, I see no pwd command to show where you've logged in.
Use pwd to show your the exact directory.
2) You can find the dir Linux will use for your home directory by posting the output of...
Notice the "-" which simulates a login.
If you do a plain su, no "-" specified, then your environment + current working directory remain the same, reflecting values based on your initial login, not your su command.
Use pwd to show your the exact directory.
2) You can find the dir Linux will use for your home directory by posting the output of...
grep ^root: /etc/passwd
su - root
Notice the "-" which simulates a login.
If you do a plain su, no "-" specified, then your environment + current working directory remain the same, reflecting values based on your initial login, not your su command.
Start by posting pwd before you su.
Then do a "su - root".
Then post pwd after your su command.
Then do a "su - root".
Then post pwd after your su command.
ASKER
>> What are you expe ting to see?
I wrote simplest device driver (Hello World!), which includes some header files. I was expecting to see header files in /root/include/linux directory.
I wrote simplest device driver (Hello World!), which includes some header files. I was expecting to see header files in /root/include/linux directory.
When did you do that, how did you do that..
If you su root you remained where you were before with fewer privileges.
Data dies not normally go into /root unless the driver was built but period to that was configured with --prefix=/root as an option
You may have run make install, but often the destination is /usr/local or /usr depending on the platform and package of the source......
If you su root you remained where you were before with fewer privileges.
Data dies not normally go into /root unless the driver was built but period to that was configured with --prefix=/root as an option
You may have run make install, but often the destination is /usr/local or /usr depending on the platform and package of the source......
The other option
Make BASEDIR=/root install
Will redirect the install directives into /root the above option in some can be used to create a package...
Make BASEDIR=/root install
Will redirect the install directives into /root the above option in some can be used to create a package...
ASKER
>> When did you do that
Sorry I didn't write this driver yet. I saw this driver in a book.
I didn't write the driver yet because I didn't see any header files in my system that are included in this driver.
Sorry I didn't write this driver yet. I saw this driver in a book.
I didn't write the driver yet because I didn't see any header files in my system that are included in this driver.
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To find out where your source files are, use locate. E.g.
locate helloworld.c
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Thank you very much for great information and solutions.
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ls -l / | grep -i root
su root does not reinitialize the login
su - root
should reinitialize the user's parameters and place the account at the root's home dir as defined in /etc/passwd
grep -i root /etc/passwd