-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 07/20/2011 01:11 AM, Jatin K wrote: > 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 semanage not semange # which semanage /usr/sbin/semanage In your case you just labeled eveything in /1home as home_root_t, which is wrong. Also if the system gets relabeled, your labelling will be lost. Mine says to set the system defaults to label everything under /1home as if it was under /home -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk4m0YAACgkQrlYvE4MpobODTACdEAMxkyHv9TPYdePeNd1fXbYm TkYAoIx0KwZWjMfwNfn3qSnxECpFJukB =YAom -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- 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