Can anyone explain why this is happening?
(I’m running Manjaro in a VirtualBox)
[mike-vbox home]# ls
miken
[mike-vbox home]# cd miken
bash: cd: /miken: No such file or directory
the folder miken is there when I “list files” but when I try and change to it I get an error.
Ideas?
Thank you!..
Hi and welcome to the forum 
Check output of pwd; ls -la; groups please.
[miken@mike-vbox ~]$ pwd; ls -la; groups
/home/miken
total 132
drwx------ 16 miken miken 4096 Dec 27 11:49 .
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Dec 25 18:59 ..
-rw------- 1 miken miken 597 Dec 27 11:38 .bash_history
-rw-r--r-- 1 miken miken 21 Jul 10 11:57 .bash_logout
-rw-r--r-- 1 miken miken 57 Jul 10 11:57 .bash_profile
-rw-r--r-- 1 miken miken 3838 Jul 10 11:57 .bashrc
drwxr-xr-x 16 miken miken 4096 Dec 27 11:32 .cache
drwxr-xr-x 18 miken miken 4096 Dec 27 11:49 .config
drwxr-xr-x 2 miken miken 4096 Dec 26 22:07 Desktop
-rw-r--r-- 1 miken miken 4855 Oct 29 2017 .dir_colors
drwxr-xr-x 2 miken miken 4096 Dec 26 22:07 Documents
drwxr-xr-x 2 miken miken 4096 Dec 26 22:17 Downloads
-rw-r--r-- 1 miken miken 3740 Aug 4 07:31 .face
lrwxrwxrwx 1 miken miken 5 Aug 4 07:31 .face.icon -> .face
-rw-r--r-- 1 miken miken 339 Dec 27 11:49 .gtkrc-2.0
drwxr-xr-x 3 miken miken 4096 Dec 26 22:07 .kde4
drwxr-xr-x 3 miken miken 4096 Dec 7 07:56 .local
drwx------ 5 miken miken 4096 Dec 26 22:14 .mozilla
drwxr-xr-x 2 miken miken 4096 Dec 26 22:07 Music
drwxr-xr-x 3 miken miken 4096 Dec 27 10:46 Notebooks
drwxr-xr-x 2 miken miken 4096 Dec 26 22:07 Pictures
drwxr-xr-x 2 miken miken 4096 Dec 26 22:07 Public
-rw------- 1 root root 30 Dec 27 11:10 .smbcredentials
drwxr-xr-x 2 miken miken 4096 Dec 26 22:07 Templates
-rw-r----- 1 miken miken 4 Dec 27 11:49 .vboxclient-clipboard.pid
-rw-r----- 1 miken miken 4 Dec 27 11:49 .vboxclient-draganddrop.pid
-rw-r----- 1 miken miken 4 Dec 27 11:49 .vboxclient-seamless.pid
drwxr-xr-x 2 miken miken 4096 Dec 26 22:07 Videos
-rw------- 1 miken miken 1211 Dec 27 11:09 .viminfo
-rw------- 1 miken miken 54 Dec 27 11:49 .Xauthority
-rwxr-xr-x 1 miken miken 100 Oct 29 2017 .Xclients
-rwxr-xr-x 1 miken miken 1637 Aug 4 07:31 .xinitrc
-rw-r--r-- 1 miken miken 256 Sep 19 13:58 .zshrc
sys network power lp wheel miken
Means you are already inside “miken” that is why you can’t change into another “miken” directory inside it, there is no /home/miken/miken 
I guess this is where I’m confused. The prompt shows that I’m in…
[mike-vbox home]#
If what you’re saying is correct (and I’m not questioning what you’re saying is true, I’m just trying to understand), wouldn’t my prompt be…
[mike-vbox miken]#
Thank you
[mike-vbox home]#
Can you repeat that command sequence when you are at the [mike-vbox home]# prompt instead of the [miken@mike-vbox ~]$ prompt?
Providing output of another environment is poluting the info asked for in this case…
[miken@mike-vbox ~]$ pwd; ls -la; groups
/home/miken
total 132
drwx------ 16 miken miken 4096 Dec 27 12:52 .
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Dec 25 18:59 …
-rw------- 1 miken miken 637 Dec 27 11:52 .bash_history
-rw-r–r-- 1 miken miken 21 Jul 10 11:57 .bash_logout
-rw-r–r-- 1 miken miken 57 Jul 10 11:57 .bash_profile
-rw-r–r-- 1 miken miken 3838 Jul 10 11:57 .bashrc
drwxr-xr-x 16 miken miken 4096 Dec 27 11:52 .cache
drwxr-xr-x 18 miken miken 4096 Dec 27 12:53 .config
drwxr-xr-x 2 miken miken 4096 Dec 26 22:07 Desktop
-rw-r–r-- 1 miken miken 4855 Oct 29 2017 .dir_colors
drwxr-xr-x 2 miken miken 4096 Dec 26 22:07 Documents
drwxr-xr-x 2 miken miken 4096 Dec 26 22:17 Downloads
-rw-r–r-- 1 miken miken 3740 Aug 4 07:31 .face
lrwxrwxrwx 1 miken miken 5 Aug 4 07:31 .face.icon -> .face
-rw-r–r-- 1 miken miken 339 Dec 27 12:52 .gtkrc-2.0
drwxr-xr-x 3 miken miken 4096 Dec 26 22:07 .kde4
drwxr-xr-x 3 miken miken 4096 Dec 7 07:56 .local
drwx------ 5 miken miken 4096 Dec 26 22:14 .mozilla
drwxr-xr-x 2 miken miken 4096 Dec 26 22:07 Music
drwxr-xr-x 3 miken miken 4096 Dec 27 10:46 Notebooks
drwxr-xr-x 2 miken miken 4096 Dec 26 22:07 Pictures
drwxr-xr-x 2 miken miken 4096 Dec 26 22:07 Public
-rw------- 1 root root 30 Dec 27 11:10 .smbcredentials
drwxr-xr-x 2 miken miken 4096 Dec 26 22:07 Templates
-rw-r----- 1 miken miken 4 Dec 27 12:52 .vboxclient-clipboard.pid
-rw-r----- 1 miken miken 4 Dec 27 12:52 .vboxclient-draganddrop.pid
-rw-r----- 1 miken miken 4 Dec 27 12:52 .vboxclient-seamless.pid
drwxr-xr-x 2 miken miken 4096 Dec 26 22:07 Videos
-rw------- 1 miken miken 1211 Dec 27 11:09 .viminfo
-rw------- 1 miken miken 54 Dec 27 12:52 .Xauthority
-rwxr-xr-x 1 miken miken 100 Oct 29 2017 .Xclients
-rwxr-xr-x 1 miken miken 1637 Aug 4 07:31 .xinitrc
-rw-r–r-- 1 miken miken 256 Sep 19 13:58 .zshrc
sys network power lp wheel miken
Thank you for the help on this. Although I don’t clearly understand WHY it was happening, I now know how to get around it so that I know where I’m at. Again, I truly appreciate the help and feedback.
For now, my questions has been resolved and this topic can be closed.
It seems to me, that you changed between root and your user account.
[miken@mike-vbox ~]$ ← that is a user
[mike-vbox home]# ← that is root
The difference is that root has a different .bashrc config file as the user. And therefore a different PROMPT.
Hope that makes it more clear.
-rw------- 1 root root 30 Dec 27 11:10 .smbcredentials
You have no folder named miken in your home - don’t confuse /home/miken with /home/miken/miken.
While it is possible to mount a device onto a folder with content - it will be confusing to the system and to yourself.
A good rule of thumb - permanent mounts goes into a separate structure designed for mounting - e.g.
The first guide cover the essentials and the second shows sample units to use as base for your own use case.