Re: Permissions Problem

Are the desired home directories located on a different device than the "automatic" ones? If so, you may have a problem with the device itself being mounted as read only.

From root, run "dmesg|less" and look at the boot messages for a problem.

What happens if you try to have a user log on using a system attached console?

Phil Sherman


Gary DiGiovanni wrote:
I have a Fedora 5 server that had been working fine until a couple of days ago. The users no longer have access to their home directories (these are not the "automatic" home directories), but the permissions are set the same as they've always been: 770. Each user is the owner of his/her home directory and files. When an SSH login is attempted, the user can log in, but receives the message: Permission denied (referring the their home directory). They still have access to their original "automatic" home directories, but that's not where we want them to be. I have to stress this configuration was working for many months. Any ideas on what may have happened and how it can be corrected?
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