I created a new user and changed their home directory to
I verified in the passwd file that the home directory is set to the above and that owner of that directory is the new user and yet when I log in as that user I get the following message:
Why is this?
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I created a new user and assigned a certain home dir to tis user. I've noticed that this home dir (/export/home/test) is already assigned to other users. I really want to create a dedicated home dir for the new user. Can anyone tell me how I can modify this user with a new homedir?
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I am trying to display the home directory of another user. I dont have the permissions to change into their directory and wonder is it possible to display their directory
eg I cant change directory to john but I am trying to display something like /home/John.
If anyone can help I would... (3 Replies)
Hello,
i need to create a user who's access is restricted only to his home directory and below,
i restricted his pty access by adding 'no-pty' to the options of the ssh key in authorized_keys file. However, sftp access still allows this user access to all my file system
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Hi!
i'm using FreeBSD 6.2 and hosting my pc to frens
in particular of sensitive information being saved to the PC, i would like to know is it possible for me to restrict user access to their /home dir. only?
and also, i wanted to restrict them listing files under /etc
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Hello there
Have anyone configured an AIX 5L machine as NIS client? with homedirectories automounted form an NFS share?
The NIS server is running Solaris. I am able to configure the AIX machine as client and user is able to login but
I have configured the client to use the automountd... (0 Replies)
Hi all
i am using solaris 10, i am creating user with
useradd -d/home/user -m -s /bin/sh user
user is created with in the following path
/export/home/user (auto mount)
i need the user to be created like this
(/home as default home directory )
useradd -d /home/user -m -s /bin/sh... (2 Replies)
HPUX does not recognise \h,\w,\u to display the hostname,working directory and username respectively.
So how do i set the PS1 variable to display my current working Directory as my prompt?
I also tried PS1=$PWD,
But it keeps showing the same directory path as prompt which PWD was holding at... (3 Replies)
HI all,
I have wrongly given a wrong home directory to a user. This dir is very critical for my production environment(Can;t afford to lose it for a single minute)
Now i want to delete that user,
Whenever i try to delete user it tries to delete its home dir.
Commnd i use:
userdel
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Hi all
I wanted to change the home dir for a user, but when using smh :
SMH->Accounts for Users and Groups->Local Users->Modify User
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Whenever i switch from root to another user, by doing su - user, it takes me to home directory of user. This is very annoying as i want to be in same dir to run different commands as root sometimes and sometimes as normal user.
How to fix this? (1 Reply)