From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 27 04:10:38 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 518A6106564A for ; Fri, 27 Aug 2010 04:10:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from onoda11@gmail.com) Received: from mail-gx0-f182.google.com (mail-gx0-f182.google.com [209.85.161.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 00C698FC17 for ; Fri, 27 Aug 2010 04:10:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: by gxk24 with SMTP id 24so1111993gxk.13 for ; Thu, 26 Aug 2010 21:10:37 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:mime-version:received:in-reply-to :references:from:date:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=OU0fcJWcqK0m+o58vCcHvX0/FFER9jIvyU6TJycXKng=; b=HQ3PruWCE+AQCPt/o84lhenfOTm0LH7o9nMGiMFZ+J2WeLBH69bpO7LSu791tSV3nX TelmJTTfChvk5Uj9GSAUK2eosn4k5iHSt70O3R/qkeWh6ASuft9i7UznOvmGOCiwtZ6N UWvPqZ8TgDZJqy5d4/B8Pq/UMl9V3N2yLxibk= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=B7v2SNfLZQrOMdCkNYLF0YLBTA+6rSGxbO5OOZkWEcpdMOeeKQ+5We/VZIZlpg9997 VqkkjlYMr1nOOiUFSVarnIGhX16nR6+BXNY35Nah4cvjDtL7w4VjR+aKuXGXbt/twew3 waj4jnOPXr3mH2J3/IxaXCHeoqJ8t3JyGjs7w= Received: by 10.90.75.20 with SMTP id x20mr1284166aga.145.1282880915222; Thu, 26 Aug 2010 20:48:35 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.91.185.19 with HTTP; Thu, 26 Aug 2010 20:48:20 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20100826185426.GD4084@osiris.chen.org.nz> References: <9FD5704A74FFF54480BBDE7B432C6D160D0F2927@emailbng2.jnpr.net> <20100826185426.GD4084@osiris.chen.org.nz> From: Isamu Onoda Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 12:48:20 +0900 Message-ID: To: Nita Pavitran Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: questions@freebsd.org, Jonathan Chen 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: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 04:10:38 -0000 Hi, Nita You can also use ~ to mention your home directory. $ cd ~ // Go to home directory $ pwd // Check the output, to know where is the home and may use chdir command if you want to change your home directory. Sincerely, Isamu Onoda -- Isamu Onoda mail: onoda11@gmail.com TEL:=A0 080-3757-6465 IMPERARE SIBI MAXIMVM IMPERIVM EST 2010/8/27 Jonathan Chen : > On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 11:11:40PM +0530, Nita Pavitran wrote: >> Hi, >> >> 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 =A0i386 >> > >> >> Please let me know how I can get to my home directory. > > Check the output of: > =A0 =A0ls -ld / > =A0 =A0ls -ld /homes > =A0 =A0ls -ld /homes/nitap > > -- > Jonathan Chen > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0"You can get farther with a kind word and a gun > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0than you can with a kind word = alone" - Al Capone > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg" >