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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nexus.coast.net!simtel!noc.netcom.net!news.sprintlink.net!cam.news.pipex.net!pipex!soap.news.pipex.net!pipex!edi.news.pipex.net!pipex!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!xlink.net!rz.uni-karlsruhe.de!news.uni-stuttgart.de!news.belwue.de!News.Uni-Marburg.DE!news.th-darmstadt.de!hrz-ws11.hrz.uni-kassel.de!phase23!citylink.dinoex.sub.org!peter From: peter@citylink.dinoex.sub.org (Peter Much) Subject: Re: Shell (csh/bash) and Jove can't get home directory! Organization: Buero fuer Sektenforschung und Qualitaetspruefung in der Esoterik Message-ID: <DAFG9C.A09@citylink.dinoex.sub.org> References: <3rps45$156@magus.cs.utah.edu> Date: Mon, 19 Jun 1995 15:55:59 GMT Lines: 26 In article <3rps45$156@magus.cs.utah.edu>, Pete Kruckenberg <kruckenb@sal.cs.utah.edu> wrote: >shell to bash, it give me the following on login: > > shell-init: could not get current directory: Permission denied > job-working-directory: (same as above) > cd_links: (same as above) I get this error from bash, if i do a $ su news in a directory that has no read/execute perms for news. >I don't think it's a permissions problem. But it looks like one. Try the following: log in as root, change to pete with su or su -, and walk around in the directory tree; look where You can get and where not, and watch the corresponding permissions. Peter -- Write to: Peter Much * Koelnische Str. 22 * D-34117 Kassel * +49-561-774961 peter@citylink.dinoex.sub.org much@hrz.uni-kassel.de p.much@asco.nev.sub.de