13 Permission denied.

[vince spicer]

you need root access


try:

sudo apt-get update

Vince

On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 9:35 AM, steven vollom
<stevenvollom at sbcglobal.net>wrote:

> Does anyone know what this means and how to reconcile the problem?
>
> W: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones
> used instead.
> W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems
> steven at Yeshua:~$ apt-get update
> E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/apt/lists/lock - open (13 Permission
> denied)
> E: Unable to lock the list directory
> steven at Yeshua:~$
>
> I right clicked on the lock file and read and write permission is granted
> to
> root root at the bottom.  Can you remove root and replace it with steven
> steven to get the necessary permissions, or is that not what is needed?
>
> Thanks for any response.  I am cautions about deleting and rewriting the
> work
> root to steven.  Usually there is an option to choose owner int the
> permissions above that.  Thanks!
>
> Thanks!
>
> Steven
>
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