It seems I need to use sudo to ls directories that I own and have r/w permissions on.
If I try to ls my media drive, I can see it, but not its sub-directory, even though I think owning that sub-directory should enable me to do so. When I try, I get this result:
me@icvr1:/home$ ls -al /media/ total 12 drwxrwxrwx 3 root root 4096 Dec 20 11:05 . drwxr-xr-x 25 root root 4096 Dec 19 12:41 .. drw-rw-rw-+ 4 me me 4096 Jan 4 12:01 innovationcommons me@icvr1:/home$ ls -al /media/innovationcommons/ ls: cannot access '/media/innovationcommons/External_Storage': Permission denied ls: cannot access '/media/innovationcommons/DataStorage': Permission denied ls: cannot access '/media/innovationcommons/..': Permission denied ls: cannot access '/media/innovationcommons/.': Permission denied total 0 d????????? ? ? ? ? ? . d????????? ? ? ? ? ? .. d????????? ? ? ? ? ? DataStorage d????????? ? ? ? ? ? External_Storage me@icvr1:/home$ ls -al /media/innovationcommons/DataStorage ls: cannot access '/media/innovationcommons/DataStorage': Permission denied However, if I use sudo, I get this more expected and useful result:
me@icvr1:/home$ sudo ls -al /media/innovationcommons/ [sudo] password for me: total 16 drw-rw-rw-+ 4 me me 4096 Jan 4 12:01 . drwxrwxrwx 3 root root 4096 Dec 20 11:05 .. drwxrwxrwx 1 me me 4096 Jan 3 13:35 DataStorage drw-rw-rw- 4 me me 4096 Aug 29 11:33 External_Storage me@icvr1:/home$ sudo ls -al /media/innovationcommons/DataStorage total 16 drwxrwxrwx 1 me me 4096 Jan 3 13:35 . drw-rw-rw-+ 4 me me 4096 Jan 4 12:01 .. drwxrwxrwx 1 me me 4096 Jan 2 16:08 Images drwxrwxrwx 1 me me 496 Jan 3 13:37 Places drwxrwxrwx 1 me me 0 Dec 12 14:53 $RECYCLE.BIN drwxrwxrwx 1 me me 4096 Dec 12 14:54 System Volume Information Why can't I successfully ls -al /media/innovationcommons without using sudo, or even just ls its sub-directories?
