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!
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. filesThus, 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.
you can try writing the command using 'sudo':
sudo mkdir DirName
Try running fuser command
[root@guest2 ~]# fuser -mv /home
USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
/home: root 2919 f.... automount
[root@guest2 ~]# kill -9 2919
autofs service is known to cause this issue.
You can use command
#service autofs stop
And try again.
Source: Stackoverflow.com