What is the working directory and how do I set it for a
user account?

When I sign on with my user account (non-root) I get
"Could not set working directory to "/export/home/usersave"
No such file or directory."

admintool and passwd both show the correct home
directory "export/home/user"

I had a working "user" account but suddenly it would get
an error on booting and refuse to complete login.
I tried to use the Solaris Management Console" to delete
the account but it failed. I tried to use admintool to
delete the account - it failed trying to delete the
home directory. I used admintool to delete the account
but leave the home directory and that worked.

My plan was to delete the home directory by hand but
I decided to just rename it instead to "home/export/usersave"
in case I wanted to put it back.

Now I use admintool to create account "user" again.
This seems to work but when it comes up a terminal window
is in "/export/home/usersave" not the home directory specified
in admintool and shown in passwd.

I deleted "/export/home/usersave" and now I get the
"Could not set working directory to "/export/home/usersave"
No such file or directory." message but a terminal window is
in the correct home directory.

Any ideas?

Jim

On Sat, 15 Nov 2003 21:22:58 +0000, jim brown wrote:

> What is the working directory and how do I set it for a
> user account?
>
> When I sign on with my user account (non-root) I get
> "Could not set working directory to "/export/home/usersave"
> No such file or directory."
>
> admintool and passwd both show the correct home
> directory "export/home/user"
>
> I had a working "user" account but suddenly it would get
> an error on booting and refuse to complete login.
> I tried to use the Solaris Management Console" to delete
> the account but it failed. I tried to use admintool to
> delete the account - it failed trying to delete the
> home directory. I used admintool to delete the account
> but leave the home directory and that worked.
>
> My plan was to delete the home directory by hand but
> I decided to just rename it instead to "home/export/usersave"
> in case I wanted to put it back.
>
> Now I use admintool to create account "user" again.
> This seems to work but when it comes up a terminal window
> is in "/export/home/usersave" not the home directory specified
> in admintool and shown in passwd.
>
> I deleted "/export/home/usersave" and now I get the
> "Could not set working directory to "/export/home/usersave"
> No such file or directory." message but a terminal window is
> in the correct home directory.
>
> Any ideas?

Personally I prefer to use the CLI, I have never liked admintool.
It even took me years to stop vi'ing /etc/passwd shadow and group and
start using useradd.

Sounds like something in the .profile maybe ?

When you get this error , are you su'ing , telnet'ing or stating a GUI
session ?


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Actually, you provided the answer - give up on admintool
and use CLI. With that I was able to delete and re-add the
user and clear the problem.

It's interesting that I was using admintool because I gave up
on using Solaris Management Console. Sure seems like something's
wrong here.

Thanks for the help,

Jim

Bruce D Porter wrote:
> On Sat, 15 Nov 2003 21:22:58 +0000, jim brown wrote:
>
>
>>What is the working directory and how do I set it for a
>>user account?
>>
>>When I sign on with my user account (non-root) I get
>>"Could not set working directory to "/export/home/usersave"
>>No such file or directory."
>>
>>admintool and passwd both show the correct home
>>directory "export/home/user"
>>
>>I had a working "user" account but suddenly it would get
>>an error on booting and refuse to complete login.
>>I tried to use the Solaris Management Console" to delete
>>the account but it failed. I tried to use admintool to
>>delete the account - it failed trying to delete the
>>home directory. I used admintool to delete the account
>>but leave the home directory and that worked.
>>
>>My plan was to delete the home directory by hand but
>>I decided to just rename it instead to "home/export/usersave"
>>in case I wanted to put it back.
>>
>>Now I use admintool to create account "user" again.
>>This seems to work but when it comes up a terminal window
>>is in "/export/home/usersave" not the home directory specified
>>in admintool and shown in passwd.
>>
>>I deleted "/export/home/usersave" and now I get the
>>"Could not set working directory to "/export/home/usersave"
>>No such file or directory." message but a terminal window is
>>in the correct home directory.
>>
>>Any ideas?
>
>
> Personally I prefer to use the CLI, I have never liked admintool.
> It even took me years to stop vi'ing /etc/passwd shadow and group and
> start using useradd.
>
> Sounds like something in the .profile maybe ?
>
> When you get this error , are you su'ing , telnet'ing or stating a GUI
> session ?
>
>

On Sun, 16 Nov 2003 19:20:19 +0000, jim brown wrote:

> Actually, you provided the answer - give up on admintool
> and use CLI. With that I was able to delete and re-add the
> user and clear the problem.

I think admintool is EOL now :=}

>
> It's interesting that I was using admintool because I gave up
> on using Solaris Management Console. Sure seems like something's
> wrong here.

I won't comment on SunMC

GUIs are not the be all and end all, they should only be used as a last
resort :=}

>
> Thanks for the help,
>
> Jim
>
> Bruce D Porter wrote:
>> On Sat, 15 Nov 2003 21:22:58 +0000, jim brown wrote:
>>
>>
>>>What is the working directory and how do I set it for a
>>>user account?
>>>
>>>When I sign on with my user account (non-root) I get
>>>"Could not set working directory to "/export/home/usersave"
>>>No such file or directory."
>>>
>>>admintool and passwd both show the correct home
>>>directory "export/home/user"
>>>
>>>I had a working "user" account but suddenly it would get
>>>an error on booting and refuse to complete login.
>>>I tried to use the Solaris Management Console" to delete
>>>the account but it failed. I tried to use admintool to
>>>delete the account - it failed trying to delete the
>>>home directory. I used admintool to delete the account
>>>but leave the home directory and that worked.
>>>
>>>My plan was to delete the home directory by hand but
>>>I decided to just rename it instead to "home/export/usersave"
>>>in case I wanted to put it back.
>>>
>>>Now I use admintool to create account "user" again.
>>>This seems to work but when it comes up a terminal window
>>>is in "/export/home/usersave" not the home directory specified
>>>in admintool and shown in passwd.
>>>
>>>I deleted "/export/home/usersave" and now I get the
>>>"Could not set working directory to "/export/home/usersave"
>>>No such file or directory." message but a terminal window is
>>>in the correct home directory.
>>>
>>>Any ideas?
>>
>>
>> Personally I prefer to use the CLI, I have never liked admintool.
>> It even took me years to stop vi'ing /etc/passwd shadow and group and
>> start using useradd.
>>
>> Sounds like something in the .profile maybe ?
>>
>> When you get this error , are you su'ing , telnet'ing or stating a GUI
>> session ?
>>
>>

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