getting into a directory

**Spiritof76** · February 6th, 2011

I am trying to get into a directory on my server, that is owned by root.

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drwx------  2 www-data www-data  4096 2010-06-01 17:32 images

if I type in

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cd image/

I am informed that I don't have permission.

If I type in

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sudo cd image/

I am informed that

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sudo: cd: command not found

why would this be, and how can I get sudo cd to work?

**stlsaint** · February 6th, 2011

the command:

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cd

is not a program so you do not "run" it as you would say apt-get or aptitude with

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sudo apt-get install

i would just suggest using

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sudo -i

and editing the directory as needed then run

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exit

to get back to user prompt.

**khelben1979** · February 6th, 2011

I would recommend you look up: File Manager - Super User Mode and then go into that directory graphically. It would be the easiest thing.

Otherwise,

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man sudo

to know how you use the command.

**DarthScape** · February 6th, 2011

You could just try using su instead of sudo. Might be easier.

**Spiritof76** · February 6th, 2011

Thanks all:
sudo -i
did the trick.
su
Didn't work. It asked for a password, and it wouldn't accept my user password. I assume because I never never created a root password.
I tried
sudo su
and that worked also.

I didn't realize the the command cd was handled differently than other commands and isn't a real program. I will mark this as solved.

**sdowney717** · February 6th, 2011

gksu nautilus
will open the file manager as root

**Spiritof76** · February 6th, 2011

Originally Posted by sdowney717

gksu nautilus
will open the file manager as root

I thought of that, but I'm logged into the server via ssh from my desktop. So I think I'm limited to the command line. and I haven't figured out how to explore my server from the desktop console.
Yet.