Very Computer

by **roo** » Wed, 14 Oct 1998 04:00:00

My linux box was working beautifully until I just rebooted. Now I can
only log in as root (not as a user). When I login as a user, I get some
error message printed too quickly to see and then the login screen. When,
as root, I try to su, I get the following error:
shell-init: could not get current directory:
regardless of what directory I am in.

Any suggestions?

Please post any reply to the newsgroup (as opposed to mailing) because
my mail does not work as long as this problem persists.

Thanks!
Joseph

by **Dave Peterso** » Thu, 15 Oct 1998 04:00:00

> My linux box was working beautifully until I just rebooted. Now I can
> only log in as root (not as a user). When I login as a user, I get some
> error message printed too quickly to see and then the login screen. When,
> as root, I try to su, I get the following error:
> shell-init: could not get current directory:
> regardless of what directory I am in.

> Any suggestions?

Could be off but my guess is that somehow you munged your user
permissions. I get that same error message if I 'su' to a user who
doesn't have permissions to be in the directory I started from. Note
that this probably won't help you diagnose the 'no login' problem.

Try 'su'ing when you are in the root directory, or better yet in their
home directory. EX. to su to 'user', first go to '/home/user', then do
the 'su'.

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