Why am I denied access to the rules directory in Suricata?

[ahailese (Adam)]

Please include the following information with your help request:

• Suricata version: Suricata 7.0.8
• Operating system and/or Linux distribution: Ubuntu on Windows 11 using the Windows Subsystem for Linux
• How you installed Suricata (from source, packages, something else): From (1. What is Suricata — Suricata 8.0.0-dev documentation)

Here is my request and return:
$ cd rules
-bash: cd: rules: Permission denied

[ish (Jason Ish)]

We’ll need a bit more information.

• Is this WSL(1) or WSL2?
• Which rules/ directory is this?
• Did you make install with sudo?

Not sure if I can help you much with a WSL install, but that information would be useful.

[ahailese (Adam)]

Hello Jason,
Sorry for the delayed reply.

• Is this WSL(1) or WSL2?
  It is WL2
• Which rules/ directory is this?
  ~$ ls /var/lib/suricata/rules
  ls: cannot open directory ‘/var/lib/suricata/rules’: Permission denied
• Did you make install with sudo?
  Yes, I did.