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Sophia_ES
Sophia_ES

Reputation: 1361

Android - read permission denied on /sdcard

Using the termux (https://termux.com) terminal-emulation program, I type the following command:

ls /sdcard

I get the following error:

ls: can't open '/sdcard': Permission denied

No, my device is not rooted, nor do I plan to root it - so I can not give any information that I'd have to root the device to obtain. However, not being rooted never in the past prevented me from having read access to the /sdcard directory - so this is new (and disturbing).

Granted - it's been a few months since previously I tried to do this - but this new limitation from Android seriously hampers the usability of termux and who-knows-what-else -- as I need to be able to have access to files that are on my SD Card. (I can still do a lot, even if not everything, even without write permissions -- but am pretty much stuck in the water if I can't get read permissions, as is presently the case.)

Upvotes: 1

Views: 3809

Answers (1)

momokrono
momokrono

Reputation: 21

I've had the same issue, easly solved by typing termux-setup-storage. This will open the window to obtain storage r/w permissions and the job is done. Be sure to run previously apt update and apt upgrade to have it available.

Upvotes: 2

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