Could not enter /var in Dolphin

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I could not enter some Folders in /. If I klick on /var for example I get the error “Could not enter /var”. In terminal there is no problem to cd /var.

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Regards Volker

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This is probably a permission related issue. Make sure you’ve elevated to root (superuser).

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Hi, do you think I’m doing something wrong, or are you talking about a problem in Dolphin?
I can switch in the terminal and the rights should also fit.

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You should only get a “Could not enter” if you try to open a folder that you don’t have read or access permissions for:

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One level up I can see that I wouldn’t be able to access the folder because it has a lock icon on it:

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Why Dolphin lets me try to access inaccessible folders is another question.

To understand why you are having trouble accessing a folder that should be accessible, can you please try to run the following command in a terminal and paste all of its output here:

kioclient ls file:///var

Please do not do a screenshot - just copy the text off of the terminal and put it here in a preformatted text box (like the above command is in a code box - look for the “Preformatted text” button in the editor toolbar).

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The output from kioclient ls file:///var is:

tmail
lib
snap
.
cache
metrics
..
lock
www
opt
spool
local
tmp
run
backups
crash
log
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Are there no errors or warning reported?

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That’s exactly how it is. The shell prompt before and after. There are no error messages or warnings.

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@carp-enter:

First, welcome to the KDE Discuss Forums.

Some questions –

  • Do you have SELinux enabled?
  • In addition to “normal” file permissions on the directories in ‘/’, has someone dropped some ACLs (Access Control Lists) on those directories?

The CLI commands needed to check your system’s current directory settings are –

 > ls -ld /var
drwxr-xr-x 13 root root 4096 18. Jun 19:42 /var
 > 
 > cd /
 > getfacl -a var
# file: var
# owner: root
# group: root
user::rwx
group::r-x
other::r-x

 >
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Hi Franken, I work on Ubuntu 22.04 and have at least not consciously enabled SELinux.

The output of ls -ld /var and getfacl -a var look the same for me:

getfacl -a var
# file: var
# owner: root
# group: root
user::rwx
group::r-x
other::r-x

ls -ld /var
drwxr-xr-x 15 root root 4096 Feb 16  2023 /var
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@carp-enter:

Then, it’s the Dolphin version currently installed on your system –

  • Forcibly re-install Dolphin – you’re on Ubuntu – “apt” with whatever options to forcibly re-install and overwrite whatever was installed up until now.
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The reinstallation has helped, thank you.

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Solved?
Or, has the reinstallation now triggered some other issues?