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I am trying to create a directory in my home directory on Linux using the mkdir command, but am getting a 'permission denied' error. I have recently installed Lubuntu on my laptop, and have the only user profile on the computer.
Here's what happened on my command line:
jdub@Snowball:~$ cd /home
jdub@Snowball:/home$ mkdir bin
mkdir: cannot create directory ‘bin’: Permission denied
jdub@Snowball:/home$
How do I gain access to this folder? I am trying to write a script and following a tutorial here: http://linuxcommand.org/wss0010.php
Thanks for your help!
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[ErrorException] mkdir(): Permission denied Create a new folder, say 'myproject and run sudo chmod 777 myproject . Then move to 'myproject' folder and create project. To solve this problem, go into your laravel project, make your public directory writable.
How to Set Permissions When Making a Directory. The mkdir command by default gives rwx permissions for the current user only. To add read, write, and execute permission for all users, add the -m option with the user 777 when creating a directory. The directory with rwx permissions for all users is highlighted.
To create a directory with specific permissions, invoke the mkdir commanf with the -m ( -mode ) option. The syntax for assigning permissions is the same as with the chmod command. When the -m option is not used, the newly created directories usually have either 775 or 755 permissions, depending on the umask value.
Resolving The Problem Simply log in as super user “su” and use “chmod 777” to set the directory permissions of where you wish the rational directory to be created. Once done, you can re-enter the original directory again and the install will continue using the same directory.
As @kirbyfan64sos notes in a comment, /home is NOT your home directory (a.k.a. home folder):
The fact that /home is an absolute, literal path that has no user-specific component provides a clue.
While /home happens to be the parent directory of all user-specific home directories on Linux-based systems, you shouldn't even rely on that, given that this differs across platforms: for instance, the equivalent directory on macOS is /Users.
What all Unix platforms DO have in common are the following ways to navigate to / refer to your home directory:
cd with NO argument changes to your home dir., i.e., makes your home dir. the working directory.
cd # changes to home dir; e.g., '/home/jdoe'
~ by itself / unquoted ~/ at the start of a path string represents your home dir. / a path starting at your home dir.; this is referred to as tilde expansion (see man bash)
echo ~ # outputs, e.g., '/home/jdoe'
$HOME - as part of either unquoted or preferably a double-quoted string - refers to your home dir. HOME is a predefined, user-specific environment variable:
cd "$HOME/tmp" # changes to your personal folder for temp. files
Thus, to create the desired folder, you could use:
mkdir "$HOME/bin" # same as: mkdir ~/bin
Note that most locations outside your home dir. require superuser (root user) privileges in order to create files or directories - that's why you ran into the Permission denied error.
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you can try writing the command using 'sudo':
sudo mkdir DirName
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