bash: /path/.bash_aliases: Permission denied

Question

I don't know why this line appears first when I open my gnome-terminal.

bash: /home/username/.bash_aliases: Permission denied
laptop-dell:-$

I tried this but still the problem remains there.

chmod +x ~/.base_aliases
chmod: cannot access `/home/username/.base_aliases': No such file or directory

What should be the default permission of 'bash_aliases' ?
How to fix this ?

Solution 1

Using the right command and file names ;), in your second command is a typo: ~/.bash_aliases and not ~/.base_aliases

sudo chown $USER:$USER ~/.bash_aliases

and so I can sleep peacefully (thank you @ByteCommander)

chmod 644 ~/.bash_aliases

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And maybe it's time to correct the permissions for the whole folder:

sudo chown -R $USER:$USER $HOME

Solution 2

I do a similar thing in my .bashrc file. I use this compound statement and it works:

if [ -f ~/.bash_aliases ]; then
   source ~/.bash_aliases
fi

The key is the source command. I don't know if this is "bad form," but it works.

Comments

[Jos]

I suppose it doesn't literally say /path/, and that you made it up for the question, i.e. that the path is not the problem?

[snoop]

Default permission should be -rw-r--r-- same as .bash_profile or .bashrc.

[Rinzwind]

@jos doubt it. ... Vipul: please provide the actual commands and errors. If these are it ... "path/" ... ?

[Vipul Bhatt]

@Jos, Yes, you are right, I just made it for the question. that's not the real problem.

[kos]

@VipulBhatt Please just change the username if you don't want to show your real username, otherwise it ends up being rather misleading for people reading the question.

[A.B.]

@ByteCommander Yes, you're right.

[Vipul Bhatt]

Hello @A.B., My terminal is not opening after performing these commands !!!

[A.B.]

Switch to TTY1 via Ctrl-Alt-F1 and login. What is the output of echo $USER (Back to your GUI via Ctrl-Alt-F7)

[Vipul Bhatt]

My username, @A.B.

[chicks]

why aren't the perms 755?

[A.B.]

@chicks executable rights are not necessary.

[polendina]

As in my case i was using the wrong "command", as i was having $Editor instead of $EDITOR