I have noticed that there are a great many enquiries concerning... shell-init: could not get current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: No such file or directory
This can happen when mounting a disk onto a mount point that does not have the correct underlying permissions set on it in the first place. Especially likely if root has a default umask setting of 077 Thus if you have a mount point of /usr/people/Project_Work drwx------ 4 root sys 34 May 7 05:03 Project_Work/ Then mount a disk partition/slice onto /usr/people/Project_Work and put user accounts into Project_Work then the system will complain that it cannot determin the current directory. Even if, with the disk mounted, you change the permissions of the Project_Work folder. What you must do is, without the disk mounted on the mount point. Create the mount point then chmod 777 the mount point folder. Now mount the disk onto the mount point. This will clear the inability to access the current folder and errors such as... Cannot access ./..: Permission denied >From then on you can control the permissions as you wish. Hope this helps :) -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- David J Barker | Tel : +44 (0)1225 386927 Computer Systems Manager | Fax : +44 (0)1225 386928 Dept of Mechanical Engineering | Faculty of Engineering & Design | Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] The University of Bath | WWW : http://staff.bath.ac.uk/ensdjb Bath Somerset BA2 7AY UK | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mech Eng IT Support (MECS) http://www.bath.ac.uk/mech-eng/mecs/ Chair of the Faculty of Engineering and Design IT Support Group --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
