Could not open directory '.dbus/': Permission denied

Question

I'm working on Ubuntu 18.04.01 using Guake terminal and zsh.

Every time I run a command in terminal I get this warning after executing this command.

Could not open directory '.dbus/': Permission denied

I noticed having this warning after installing zsh.

• What does it mean?
• How can I solve this warning?

Answer 1

It seems like your ~/.dbus/ folder is owned by root instead of by your own user.

If this is the case, you can:

1. Remove that folder, using:

   sudo rm -rf ~/.dbus
   

Or:

2. Change the ownership to your-username / your-user-group using:

   sudo chown -R your-user-name.your-user-group-name ~/.dbus/
   

   Note: replace your-user-name.your-user-group-name with the actual values, e.g. if your user is sal and your group is also sal than it will be: sal.sal

As @Pablo Bianchi added in the comments below, $USER environment variable holds your-user-name (and in Ubuntu your-group-name is usually equal to your username) hence in most cases you can run the following command:

    sudo chown -R $USER.$USER ~/.dbus/

More info regarding Ubuntu environment variables can be found here