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unable to create user home director
Name: beboldpls Date: March 19, 2004 at 06:57:04 Pacific OS: redhat linux8.0 CPU/Ram: 256mb
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hi friends, i have redhat linux8.0 box with me. i entered as a root and i tried to create a user but its sayin that cannot create directory /home/user
Name: Dlonra Date: March 19, 2004 at 07:06:39 Pacific
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what was the full error message?
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Response Number 2
Name: beboldpls Date: March 19, 2004 at 07:25:02 Pacific
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this is the only error message that im receiving when i tried to create user...
pls
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Response Number 3
Name: 3Dave Date: March 19, 2004 at 09:21:21 Pacific
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What command are you using? adduser, useradd or a GUI? Has the home folder already been created? Are there any strange sybmols in the username (. * ? etc) ?
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Response Number 4
Name: beboldpls Date: March 20, 2004 at 04:18:41 Pacific
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hi 3dave n all,
i tried with both the commands adduser and useradd.but the output is same,ie adduser jonney useradd jonney
Name: beboldpls Date: March 21, 2004 at 03:38:18 Pacific
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hi friends,
i can create a directory in root directory by mkdir xyz
but whe i try mkdir /home/xyz
mkdir: cannot create a directory '/home/xyz' : permission denied..
what i need to do. pls help me.
regards babu
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Response Number 8
Name: 3Dave Date: March 22, 2004 at 01:30:52 Pacific
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Try this: # chmod 755 /home # mkdir /home/xyz
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Response Number 9
Name: beboldpls Date: March 22, 2004 at 04:12:29 Pacific
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hi 3dave thnx for ut help.. but im sorry to say this its not working.. saying the same thing... mkdir: cannot create a directory '/home/xyz' : permission denied..
but its working fine when im in command mode..
root# startx after entering in gui mode im selecting system tools---->terminal. there if try this comamnd then its giving the same problem
help me pls
regards kishore
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Response Number 10
Name: 3Dave Date: March 22, 2004 at 04:52:29 Pacific
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"...but its working fine when im in command mode..." Then it should be exactly the same when using a terminal under X....very strange!?! I don't suppose your disk is nearly full? You can check all your partitions with: $ df -h
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