PERMISSION DENIED

[ndoroe]

Hi
please help
im trying to open /etc/apt/sources.list and its saying permission denied whilist im using root user.
please help in new to this

 

[Dunuin]

Then something is really wrong.
Output of the id command is this?:

uid=0(root) gid=0(root) groups=0(root)

Whats the output of ls -la /etc/apt? Should look like this:

...
-rw-r--r--   1 root root  475 Jan  5 07:29 sources.list
...

 

[vinet]

you need to add some tools which one you want to use, like vi or nano

the correct comand:

vi /etc/apt/sources.list

 

[Dunuin]

you need to add some tools which one you want to use, like vi or nano

the correct comand:

vi /etc/apt/sources.list

*face palm* Didn't see that...
But without vi experience I would recommend nano. Its more noob friendly. So nano /etc/apt/sources.list and then save with CTRL+X, Y.

 

[ndoroe]

Then something is really wrong.
Output of the id command is this?:

uid=0(root) gid=0(root) groups=0(root)

Whats the output of ls -la /etc/apt? Should look like this:

...
-rw-r--r--   1 root root  475 Jan  5 07:29 sources.list
...

 

[ndoroe]

*face palm* Didn't see that...
But without vi experience I would recommend nano. Its more noob friendly. So nano /etc/apt/sources.list and then save with CTRL+X, Y.

Thanks very much, please help me with my main problem, i cant update, see below

 

[Dunuin]

Sounds like you setup a wrong DNS server. Put your routers IP or a public DNS server like 8.8.8.8 in /etc/resolv.conf.

 

[ndoroe]

Sounds like you setup a wrong DNS server. Put your routers IP or a public DNS server like 8.8.8.8 in /etc/resolv.conf.

its saying permission denied

 

[Dunuin]

Like before, you need to use a textfile editor like nano to edit a file.

 

[ndoroe]

Like before, you need to use a textfile editor like nano to edit a file.

Hi see below, and still not resolved, i cant ping 8.8.8.8 ; 8.8.4.4 or even 1.1.1.1
i dont know why

 

[Dunuin]

If you can't ping 8.8.8.8 then you probably setup a wrong gateway. Check that the gateway IP in /etc/network/interfaces is really your routers IP (so I would guess 192.168.1.1).

 

[ndoroe]

If you can't ping 8.8.8.8 then you probably setup a wrong gateway. Check that the gateway IP in /etc/network/interfaces is really your routers IP (so I would guess 192.168.1.1).

see below

 

[Dunuin]

There is your problem. You should google what a gateway is and what it does. Change it to your routers IP (for example 192.168.1.1) and then restart your networking using systemctl restart networking.

 

[ndoroe]

There is your problem. You should google what a gateway is and what it does. Change it to your routers IP (for example 192.168.1.1) and then restart your networking using systemctl restart networking.

thank you its now working