find: failed to restore initial working directory: Permission denied

fachhoch@gmail.com · 05-10-2012, 01:24 PM

I tried adding a new user when I try to do su user I see this error

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find: failed to restore initial working directory: Permission denied

what it means and how to fix this.

yancek · 05-10-2012, 01:28 PM

Which Linux distribution are you using?
How did you add the new user? Gui? From a terminal? What command did you use?

fachhoch@gmail.com · 05-10-2012, 01:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by yancek

Which Linux distribution are you using?
How did you add the new user? Gui? From a terminal? What command did you use?

I am using amzon linux in aws cloud.

I added user using adduser from terminal

Kustom42 · 05-10-2012, 02:18 PM

Run the following:

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for folder in `grep 'username' /etc/passwd | cut -d: -f6`; do stat $folder; done

In the output you should see a line with Access and the octal perms of th efolder, as well as the UID and GID of the folder next to it. Make sure the uid and gid are the users and that the octal perms have at least 0700 or better.