From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 26 19:07:02 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2EF1C1065694 for ; Thu, 26 Aug 2010 19:07:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amvandemore@gmail.com) Received: from mail-qy0-f182.google.com (mail-qy0-f182.google.com [209.85.216.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D7FB48FC0C for ; Thu, 26 Aug 2010 19:07:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qyk4 with SMTP id 4so2290701qyk.13 for ; Thu, 26 Aug 2010 12:07:01 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=RnhkfYEDX//A5H8AyAbDzjP/kJOp6N6fR9gMZAozFiQ=; b=eUMJ3rI1JPbBWd2wvdRBPZ3aGBWDdA1ahDmYopecEBzqknYjCt7808l60jbX1hyy+a oXOFpTNUNfS2buLRoWurt7sdlTlQiQpyZfD9HrkDIpUhLX0s+tNvueag8gsYRjEwAHi+ vlQtuTEBl5uwjkxO2W8FjZFpkZoox7e1zuXaY= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=oZpP5LWN+JFck5+5kPmtmfS/ql2o0gxZ5kjovGXpMcSxjSYELWhm7NcydU90zhirdx EZSYjCLP7o5h7egpV6dbzkKEIfqfoClPPS/E9r+6LuMir3nW26kv8kTJ1F9TStywAd2o 1qfdTMB3u+QSRHyVFVrvhNZICmrc4WmDZY4O8= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.229.11.34 with SMTP id r34mr6106955qcr.292.1282849620806; Thu, 26 Aug 2010 12:07:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.229.75.76 with HTTP; Thu, 26 Aug 2010 12:07:00 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <9FD5704A74FFF54480BBDE7B432C6D160D0F2927@emailbng2.jnpr.net> References: <9FD5704A74FFF54480BBDE7B432C6D160D0F2927@emailbng2.jnpr.net> Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2010 14:07:00 -0500 Message-ID: From: Adam Vande More To: Nita Pavitran Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Could not chdir to home directory X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2010 19:07:02 -0000 On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 12:41 PM, Nita Pavitran 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