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381414 Sep 23, 2009 7:07 PM

hi,

on login to oracle account i got these error message,
Could not chdir to home directory /home/oracle: No such file or directory
/usr/X11R6/bin/xauth: error in locking authority file /home/oracle/.Xauthority
oracle user has no directory under /home/.
does it mean that oracle user is been created without dir, how should i resolve this error, please advice me on the same. should i need to ask to re-create the user or any workaround is possible.

1. Re: Could not chdir to home directory /home/oracle

684264 Sep 24, 2009 7:05 AM (in response to 381414)
You can try the following as root:

#mkdir /home/oracle #cp /home/skel/* /home/oracle #chown -R oracle /home/oracle
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2. Re: Could not chdir to home directory /home/oracle

Tommy.Reynolds-Oracle Sep 24, 2009 3:31 PM (in response to 684264)
Hmmm.. need a bit more:
# /bin/mkdir /home/oracle # /bin/cp /home/skel/* /home/oracle/ # /bin/chown -R oracle:dba /home/oracle
This sets both the user and group ownership of the directory and all its content.

Also, I have the habit to always append the final slash on a path to make sure it gets treated as a directory, as in the cp(1) command. Yeah, I know that command checks the final item is a directory, but other commands do not. It can be surprising trying something like:
# /bin/cp myprogram /usr/local/bin
if {font:Courier}/usr/local/bin{font} does not already exist.
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3. Re: Could not chdir to home directory /home/oracle

381414 Sep 26, 2009 5:44 PM (in response to Tommy.Reynolds-Oracle)

Thanks a lot, i will try as specified.
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4. Re: Could not chdir to home directory /home/oracle

506787 Oct 2, 2009 3:29 PM (in response to 381414)

did you try it, and did it work? please update the thread, and flag it as resolved if the status is accordingly.
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