permision fault

**gendan1** · 06-30-2009

error message at login HOMEdir own by user and not write by others think i changed settings and dont know how to restore

**Kieren** · 06-30-2009

What is the output of:

Code:

ls -l /home

Note that -l is a minus sign followed by a lower case L

**gendan1** · 06-30-2009

ls-l/home no such file or directory

oz · 06-30-2009

Originally Posted by gendan1

ls-l/home no such file or directory

It appears by looking at the above, that you left a couple of spaces out of the command.

**Kieren** · 06-30-2009

Yes, you need some spaces there:

Code:

ls <SPACE> -l <SPACE> /home

**gendan1** · 06-30-2009

sorry got same output in normal and su no such file or directory

**Kieren** · 06-30-2009

Maybe you have deleted your home directory then?

What are the outputs of:

Code:

ls -l /

and:

Code:

cat /etc/fstab

and:

Code:

mount

**gendan1** · 06-30-2009

1 no such file or directory 2 comand not found mount got a full page

**Kieren** · 06-30-2009

Right, you must be typing something wrong then...

Code:

ls -l /

Will print out something. How are you typing it? Make sure you type it here EXACTLY how you're typing it into your terminal

**gendan1** · 06-30-2009

sorry kieran no good i will leave it for now thanks for your help

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