One user gets the gnome-session: 5212 error when he tries to log on. The error states that "Could not create /home/.gnome2/ Permission denied" and "Could not create ~/.gnome/ Permission denied" Any suggestions are welcomed...... Todd -- Ariste Software 2200 D Street Ext Petaluma, CA 94952 (707) 773-4523
Todd Cary wrote:> One user gets the gnome-session: 5212 error when he tries to log on. The > error states that "Could not create /home/.gnome2/ Permission denied" and > "Could not create ~/.gnome/ Permission denied" > > Any suggestions are welcomed......Wrongly set home directory in /etc/passwd? Why else should the system try to create directories directly under /home/? Cheers, Ralph -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20070923/c4361f49/attachment-0001.sig>
On Sun, 23 Sep 2007 13:46:08 -0700 Todd Cary <todd at aristesoftware.com> wrote:> One user gets the gnome-session: 5212 error when he tries to log on. > The error states that "Could not create /home/.gnome2/ Permission > denied" and > "Could not create ~/.gnome/ Permission denied"It looks to me like you have his home directory set to /home rather than /home/username. -- MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Melville Sask ~ http://www.melvilletheatre.com