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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