Good Day,

.bash_profile: Permission denied
Why is it.

I have exact same installation on other boxes, and I have no problem loging-in in.
I use sudo to log in.

Thanks.

Um you don't want to log in as sudo, you sould have a user account name to log in under. Then if you need to do anything that need root privilages you would prefix the command with sudo, then you would be prompt for a passwd.

'sudo' - is not a login! As mrrangrman mentioned, it allows you executing root commands without being a root (albeit, you need to set right permissions in 'sudoers' file as a root). If your login is correct then it has to bring you into your home directory, and you would have all access rights.

I am so sorry for not giving you complete information.

#sudo su usr-name
/home/usr-name/.bash_profile: Permission denied

Thats what happens.

Thanks.

Just do:
#su usr-name
That will prompt you for password, and after you login you could do anything with ~/.bash-profile.

The other alternative is logining as a root, but being a root is not a good idea in general.

First, are you logged in as a normal user and trying to switch into a root account?

If that is the case then the command would be su <enter> then you will be prompt for the root password.

I guess I should have started here, what Distro are you using?

If you are using one of the Ubuntu's K X then by default you are not set up with a root account. Like I said in above post you will log in as usr/name and any work needing root privileges the command will be started with sudo.
Now if you have set up a root account and you are trying to switch user into root then you don't need to give the sudo command. The command would be like so su <enter> you will be asked for a root password, enter the root password and you will be root.

Or if you have more than one user account setup on your system, then to log into or switch user into that account the command would be su usr/name then give the password for that user.

Or maybe I'm just not getting what your trying to do.

Have you done a ls -l to see who owns the .bash_profile file?

stone#su usr-name
pwd

/home/usr-name/.bashrc permission denied.

usr-name#cd /home/usr-name
permission denied

note: ls -l comes back with
755 usr-name usr-group /home/usr-name