How can I access the etc, var and www directories?
Linode
Linode Staff
I reset the root password, then logged in via ssh as root. The only directory I see is postgresql.
Where are the etc, var and www folders? How to access those folders?
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jcardillo
Linode Staff
To see your etc and var directories you can use the cd command to navigate to your root directory, as follows:
root@localhost:~# cd /
root@localhost:/#
From here you should be able to see your var and etc directories with the ls command. Here's an example of what this would look like:
root@localhost:/# ls
bin boot dev etc home initrd.img lib lib64 lost+found
media mnt opt proc root run sbin srv sys tmp usr var
vmlinuz wordpress.tar.gz
As for your www directory, you should be able to see this in your var directory as follows:
root@localhost:/# cd var/
root@localhost:/var# ls
backups cache lib local lock log mail opt run spool
tmp www