On Tuesday 19 July 2011 06:10 PM, Daniel J Walsh wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 07/19/2011 07:57 AM, Jatin K wrote: >> Dear all >> >> I'm RHEL 6 , trying to add a user with following command >> >> useradd -d /1home user1 passwd user1 >> >> >> if I try ssh user1@localhost , following error displayed on the >> screen >> >> Could not chdir to home directory /1home/user1: Permission denied , >> but user still able to login and prompts displayed [user1@testsrv >> /]$ instead of [user1@testsrv ~]$ ( user not getting its home >> directory.) -------------following is the reference related to home >> directory permission and security--------------- directory >> permission >> >> ls -ld /1home >> >> drwxr-xr-x. 4 root root 4096 Jul 19 10:43 /1home >> >> ------------------------------------- SELinux Context >> >> ls -ldZ /1home >> >> drwxr-xr-x. root root system_u:object_r:home_root_t:s0 /1home/ >> >> --------------------------------------------- >> >> what could be the problem ??? >> > You have an SELinux labeling problem Thank you very very much ..... I run following and the problem is solved chcon --reference /home /1home/* > Simplest solution. > > # semanage fcontext -a -e /home /1home > # restorecon -R -v /1home > sorry I have not tried your said command as SELinux management tool is not installed I think, it says semange command not found but can you spotlight on difference between your said command and which I run Warm Regards -- °v° /(_)\ ^ ^ Jatin Khatri Registerd Linux user No #501175 www.counter.li.org No M$ -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines