User Login Error

[saleh_binmasood]

I was using a normal user named 'ORACLE'.
I created that with the home directory /oraeng/apps/....

Later i modified that as below
#usermod -d /oraeng/prod/...
It was successful

later when i tried to login with that user it showed
#su -l oracle
-bash-3.1$
instead of
$

Can you think about this

[scathefire]

Did/does the directory actually exist? I believe -d will allow you to assign the home directory and will NOT create it even if it doesn't exist

[saleh_binmasood]

yes i will write the directory structure before and after the error
before i create user oracle as follows

useradd -g oinstall -G dba -d /oraeng/apps/oracle/product/10.2.0 -m oracle

later i modified it as follows

usermod -d /oraeng/apps/oracle/product/ oracle

the after modifing i tried to login but it was an error given above

[linuxthomass]

@saleh_binmasood

do this

chmod 700 /oraeng/prod/
chown ORCALE.ORACLE /oraeng/prod/

Its a permission issue. Bash is not getting the right permissions to the directory to create the bash_history file and the bash_profile for you.