sudo/root is required to access the grub subdirectory because the permissions are locked down. I would guess since there can be encrypted grub passwords (and possibly other similar stuff) in there that is why it is locked down. On Sun, Aug 28, 2022 at 6:38 PM Stephen Morris <samorris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi, > /etc/extlinux.conf is flagged as missing, the file is displayed in > red and the link is shown in white text on a red background. As > mentioned in another thread on this list that file actually is missing. > /etc/grub2.cfg and /etc/grub2-efi.cfg both of which point to the > same file also display the same way as /etc/extlinux.conf, but in this > case the file pointed to actually does exist, and is linking to > /boot/grub2/grub.cfg, which I regularly write to with sudo and > grub2-mkconfig, but I have also found that I need to use sudo to browse > /boot/grub2. Is it normal for links to be flagged as missing when sudo > is required to list the contents of the directory and why is sudo > required to list the contents of /boot/grub2 when I don't need sudo to > list the contents of /boot? /boot/efi seems to be in the same situation. > > regards, > Steve > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
