Re: Weird problem...

[Bruce Smith <bruce@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> I've had this problem for a while now, and for the life of me, I just can't
> find what's causing it. Here it is:
>         Whenever I try logging in under a different user than root (let's say
> user "jim" for example), I get an error message stating that /home/jim
> doesn't exist....even though it does.....and then it runs /bin/login
> again....not even dropping me to "/". The same problem occurs in telnet
> sessions. Any idea on what may be causing this problem?

It could be a permission problem that non-root users don't have
permission in the /home directory, or their own home directory.

Make sure /home looks something like:
drwxr-xr-x   4 root     root         1024 Feb  6  1996 home

and /home/jim is owned by jim, and permissions are:
drwxr-xr-x   .  jim  ...
   --- or ---
drwx------   .  jim  ...


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Bruce Smith                bruce@armintl.com
System Administrator / Network Administrator
Armstrong International, Inc.
Three Rivers, Michigan  49093  USA
http://www.armstrong-intl.com/
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