unable to create a directory

it seems baffling to me that i am not able to create a bin directory
in the home directory as a normal user.It says permission is
denied.Iam able to do the same in the su mode.Can anyone please tell
me the reason?
thanks in advance..

On Sep 20, 10:23 am, arun.einst...@gmail.com wrote:
> it seems baffling to me that i am not able to create a bin directory
> in the home directory as a normal user.It says permission is
> denied.Iam able to do the same in the su mode.Can anyone please tell
> me the reason?
> thanks in advance..


The owner of the directory is wrong or the permissions on it are
wrong, ie owner does not have write.

Miles

On Sep 20, 1:15 pm, miles wrote:
> On Sep 20, 10:23 am, arun.einst...@gmail.com wrote:
>
> > it seems baffling to me that i am not able to create a bin directory
> > in the home directory as a normal user.It says permission is
> > denied.Iam able to do the same in the su mode.Can anyone please tell
> > me the reason?
> > thanks in advance..
>
> The owner of the directory is wrong or the permissions on it are
> wrong, ie owner does not have write.
>
> Miles

Does the user that you're using has write permission on this
directory?
If you are using su, you're allowed to create regardless of the
permission.

On Sep 21, 11:31 am, Emerson Seiti Takahashi wrote:
> On Sep 20, 1:15 pm, miles wrote:
>
> > On Sep 20, 10:23 am, arun.einst...@gmail.com wrote:
>
> > > it seems baffling to me that i am not able to create a bin directory
> > > in the home directory as a normal user.It says permission is
> > > denied.Iam able to do the same in the su mode.Can anyone please tell
> > > me the reason?
> > > thanks in advance..
>
> > The owner of the directory is wrong or the permissions on it are
> > wrong, ie owner does not have write.
>
> > Miles
>
> Does the user that you're using has write permission on this
> directory?
> If you are using su, you're allowed to create regardless of the
> permission.

When you say su .. are refering to gotRoot? ... the directory you are
trying to create is in the $HOME of the user you are working with ...
or the /home directory ?

On Sep 22, 6:28 am, Juan Medina wrote:
> > > > it seems baffling to me that i am not able to create a bin directory
> > > > in the home directory as a normal user.It says permission is
> > > > denied.Iam able to do the same in the su mode.Can anyone please tell
> > > > me the reason?
> > > > thanks in advance..

to be able to help you please post the results of the following:

# ls -ld ~
and # ls -ld all parent directories eg. # ls -ld /home; ls -ld /home/
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