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ubuntu-14.04vmware-player

NO directory, logging in with HOME=/

I checked by doing :

cd /

then

cd home

after ls shows my directory malik

ls

malik

as shown in picture as well :

But I don't know why it is saying "No directory, logging in with" ?

Solution

  • The directory permissons says

    Owner: root, Group: root, Others: cannot access

    I think you created the directory as user root.

    Change the directorys permissons with 

    sudo chown malik.malik /home/malik

    The sudo command gives you temporary root permissons for a specified command. If you want to get temporary root permissons for more than one command use

    sudo su

    Take a look here about linux file / directory permissons (LPIC)

    About the seconde error message: su - malik

    It seams to me that you have not set a home directory for the user malik. You find this settings in /etc/passwd. It should look like

    malik:x:1000:1000:malik:/home/malik:/bin/bash

    Hope that helps.

    Best, me