Ubuntu

Hi, I'm new to this... but I am unable to see /etc, however I can access it via gknautilus... but as superuser I'm getting told no such file or directory via terminal

Could you paste the command you are running in the terminal and the output please?

Hi I've logged in using my own user in terminal and then used sudo -i to change to root. I now use ls to show directories.... but etc is not accessible as it does not appear, but is accessible using gknautilus. The error is saying no such file or directory when I use cd /etc

I need to run an update patch for ddclient which is in the /etc/ddclient directory I've tried using that path as well and get the same result.

Show exactly what you are doing word for word, keystroke for keystroke. Use screenshots if necessary.

Okay, step by step:
open terminal
login to root

Code:

sudo -i
root@server:-# cd /etc
bash: cd: etc: no such file or directory
root@server:-#  ls
desktop password.txt
exit
exit
root@server:/home/gary# ls
downloads pictures videos music templates desktop documents

No etc folder at any point

What do you see when you do ls / ? You may be in a chroot somehow.

Code:

root@server:-# ls /
bin dev etc lib media run srv var home