Not able to create a new folder in side etc in linux

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I have been trying to create a folder in /etc in ubuntu 20.10 but it is showing mkdir: cannot create directory ‘wiki’: Permission denied the above error message. how to resolve this

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You would generally not create folders in /etc unless you are manually installing a package outside of your package manager. If you want to create a directory anyways, use sudo mkdir /etc/wiki to run the command as root which has access — that other guy
– that other guy, Commented May 12, 2021 at 22:16

Muhammad Tariq · Accepted Answer · 2021-05-13 05:55:24Z

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You need to have root permission to create document. Your current user doesn't have root privileges. You can use $sudo mkdir /etc/wiki to create folder.

Another option is to add your user to sudo group. For example, your user name is 'ubuntu' the you can execute the following command to add user to sudo group

$ sudo usermod -aG sudo ubuntu

To verify user belongs to Sudo Group

$ groups ubuntu

Output

ubuntu : ubuntu sudo

Once you have added your user(ubuntu) to Sudo group, you don't have to use sudo with every command.

edited May 13, 2021 at 5:55

answered May 13, 2021 at 4:59

Muhammad Tariq

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