Moving Around Directories
When you first open the Terminal utility, you're placed within the working directory. This is typically the directory that you logged in as. If you are logged in as the System Administrator, that's your working directory. While this makes it easy to identify exactly where you are, you'll probably want to move into another directory. If you're the System Administrator, you'll have no problem moving anywhere you wish; however, if you don't have Administrator priority, UNIX won't let you look into or access directories that you don't have permission to use. Attempting to access a restricted directory produces the response Access Denied. Changing directories is as easy as using the cd (change directory) command. Change to ...
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