From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 27 20:44:59 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 88C7C1065673 for ; Fri, 27 Aug 2010 20:44:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jahan@bol-online.com) Received: from mail-qy0-f175.google.com (mail-qy0-f175.google.com [209.85.216.175]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 482178FC16 for ; Fri, 27 Aug 2010 20:44:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qyk8 with SMTP id 8so1144153qyk.13 for ; Fri, 27 Aug 2010 13:44:57 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.229.73.142 with SMTP id q14mr913806qcj.26.1282940490407; Fri, 27 Aug 2010 13:21:30 -0700 (PDT) Sender: jahan@bol-online.com Received: by 10.229.68.90 with HTTP; Fri, 27 Aug 2010 13:21:29 -0700 (PDT) X-Originating-IP: [115.127.8.86] In-Reply-To: <9FD5704A74FFF54480BBDE7B432C6D160D0F2927@emailbng2.jnpr.net> References: <9FD5704A74FFF54480BBDE7B432C6D160D0F2927@emailbng2.jnpr.net> Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2010 02:21:29 +0600 X-Google-Sender-Auth: F7GaYJBrMIsvDTd5nit74sXH5mo Message-ID: From: Aftab Jahan Subedar To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 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 20:44:59 -0000 check the home directory is correctly defined in the /etc/passwd. use vipw command to check. also u can check using the command finger nitap On 8/26/10, 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 i386 >> > > Please let me know how I can get to my home directory. > -- Aftab Jahan Subedar CEO/Software Engineer Subedar Technologies Ltd Subedar Baag Bibir Bagicha #1 North Jatra Bari Dhaka 1204 Bangladesh 88027554546 8801552635208 8801190753891 Radio: S21ST cc. kindly see the recipients address list