how to fix "go not root owned"

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I installed go on ubuntu 16.04 from the archive and tried to test my installation by issuing the command go on my terminal. It keeps prompting me / not root-owned 1000:0.

I installed go on /usr/local folder and also included it into my path as instructed on the official golang installation. I removed go and tried to install it again, but found the same result. It sounds more of a linux root permission issue, but I have no clue how to fix it. I tried other commands that I installed from archive and they work perfectly fine. Any kind of help would be appreciated.

What do you mean by 'from the archive'? How exactly did you install Go? — , Mar 27 '18 at 06:57
Just a wild guess: there was [this bug](https://github.com/npm/npm/issues/19883) in npm that may have caused this. If it did, there are likely to be more system directories that are no longer owner by root; you should fix that asap as it is a serious security risk. — Peter, Mar 27 '18 at 07:48

tripleee · Answer 1 · 2018-03-27T07:15:11.847

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It seems to complain that the system root directory / has the wrong owner. This is a security problem because you don't want to have regular users changing system files at will. It looks like you changed this on purpose at some point in the past; change it back, or reinstall your system if you have wrecked more permissions than just this one.

sudo chown root /

For the record, the proper way to give yourself limited system access is to use sudo. Add yourself to sudoers (usually this is already set up by the OS installer on any reasonably consumer-oriented Linux distro) and when you need privileges for something, run that command with sudo.

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answered Mar 27 '18 at 07:04

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You may also have to run `sudo chown root:root /` if the owner group of `/` is messed up. – Jacob Horbulyk Jan 28 '19 at 14:33
i also had to run `sudo chgrp root /var/` as i messed t up before lol – tushortz Aug 14 '20 at 04:51
I had to do it using `sudo chown root -R /` – alper Apr 22 '22 at 12:09
@alper You have wrecked other unrelated things by doing that. – tripleee Apr 22 '22 at 15:51

score 9 · Answer 2 · edited Jan 16 '22 at 16:22

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Simple, in the command line:

sudo chown root:root /

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 27 '18 at 07:58

In addition to the root permission issue I had, I also found that I installed go using snap to: snap install --classic go, which wasn't a good idea. I was also unable to remove the go folder in /snap, even as root. I now reinstall my system and hopefully the issue will be solved.

score -3 · Answer 4 · answered Apr 11 '20 at 07:15

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sudo chown root /var

This will solve your problem

answered Apr 11 '20 at 07:15

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