Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2010 14:07:00 -0500 From: Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com> To: Nita Pavitran <nitap@juniper.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Could not chdir to home directory Message-ID: <AANLkTi=sXDvQu6=rL%2BzbFzSB6uW4R0xgj%2BXq8NUMP8w4@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <9FD5704A74FFF54480BBDE7B432C6D160D0F2927@emailbng2.jnpr.net> References: <9FD5704A74FFF54480BBDE7B432C6D160D0F2927@emailbng2.jnpr.net>
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On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 12:41 PM, Nita Pavitran <nitap@juniper.net> wrote: > I get the following error message and I seem to be in the root directory > instead of the home directory: > > Could not chdir to home directory /homes/nitap: Permission denied > > uname -a > FreeBSD bigpink.juniper.net 4.10-RELEASE-p2 FreeBSD 4.10-RELEASE-p2 #0: > Mon Oct 25 16:23:23 PDT 2004 > root@bigpink.juniper.net:/usr/src/sys/compile/bigpink i386 > > > > Please let me know how I can get to my home directory. > Wow that's an old release. The standard home directory is in: /usr/home/{username} or it's equivalent /home/{username} You have /homes not /home in your error message which could be the cause. You can also make sure the directory exists and has the correct permissions. -- Adam Vande More
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