NEWBIE: Problem with $Home being set to /usr/bin/%USERPROFILE%
Harig, Mark A.
maharig@idirect.net
Fri Nov 15 08:56:00 GMT 2002
> 2. Have you recently changed the contents of /etc/passwd?
>
> No
>
> What are the permissions and ownership of this file?
>
> -rwx------ 1 Administ None 658 Sep 16 13:37 /etc/passwd*
>
Check the last two fields of your entry in /etc/passwd.
> What are the permissions and ownership of '/etc'?
>
> drwx------ 16 Administ None 8192 Nov 14 12:35 etc/
>
Change the permissions of /etc to 755.
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