ls: cannot open directory: Permission denied

I can't open a directory with username even after taking ownership & giving it all permissions:

sudo mkdir /path/to/the/directory/ sudo chown -R username:username /path/to/the/directory/ sudo chmod -R 777 /path/to/the/directory/ 

I get:

$sudo ls -al /path/to/the/directory/ total 0 drwxrwxrwx 1 username username 0 nov 16 15:13 . drwx------ 1 root root 208 nov 16 15:13 .. $ ls -al /path/to/the/directory/ ls: cannot access '/path/to/the/directory/': Permission denied 

What could be going on?

1 Answer

You have no rights on the parent directory

drwx------ 1 root root 208 nov 16 15:13 .. 

You must have the x rights on the parent directory to pass thru this directory

drwx--x--x 1 root root 208 nov 16 15:13 .. 

to do that :

sudo chmod go+x /path/to/the