Folder will not open

newbe45 · 07-26-2003, 09:57 PM

I have redhat 9. My home folder will not open. I tried opening it different ways but it just does nothing. Does any body have any suggestions?

ksgill · 07-26-2003, 10:04 PM

whose the owner of that folder? try opening it after logging in as root
you could also try this: log in as root in console and
chmod 777 /absolute_path_to_folder
and then open it.

DrOzz · 07-26-2003, 10:06 PM

and can you navigate to your home folder in the terminal? if not what does it say when you type cd /home/user ?

newbe45 · 07-26-2003, 10:10 PM

I have a personal log on name and the root log on name that is it. When i am on my personal name the home folder does not open. When i log in as root the root home folder opens fine and i can open up the personal home folder logged in as root. I want to be able to open my personal home folder while being logged in as my personal name.

newbe45 · 07-26-2003, 10:13 PM

I tried navigating to it in terminal when i hit enter after the command it does not do nothing. It does not say anything either.

ksgill · 07-27-2003, 12:35 AM

check your folders permissions and owner
make youself owner of the folder
chown yourLoginName /folder
or chmod 644 /path_to_folder