Connected to my android device using ADB but not able to use ls command, it says permission denied

Question

I connected to my android device (stock android, 10) using ADB on ubuntu, now when I go to /data/ and do ls, it says permission denied.

Why? How to solve this problem?

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/65913625/connected-to-my-android-device-using-adb-but-not-able-to-use-ls-command-it-says

Answer 1

The user id used in adb shell sessions is different from the one that created the data folder (and subfolders). The permissions' set are drwxrwx--x that means --x for everyone, i.e., execute only.

What you can do is to go into the different folders using cd command or using Android Studio's Device File Explorer, more info here.