RE: [TCLUG:3775] odd error mesg

[Ben Kochie <ben@nerp.net>]

I'm betting it's a write access problem.  bash will change the
ownership of the history to root, if you su from an account.

On 28-Jan-99 Tim Wilson wrote:
> Good morning *,
> 
> I've been reconfiguring some things on my server, and I've run across an
> error message that I've never seen before. I'm running NIS on the server
> so that I can authenticate from any computer in the department. Users'
> home directories are automatically mounted from the server via NFS. Now,
> when I log in from the workstation on my desk, I get authenticated, my
> home directory gets mounted, and I've got the following message:
> 
> bash: /home/wilson/.bash_profile: Permission denied
> 
> As a result, I can't see any of the files in my home directory. (I know
> they still exist because I can see them when I log into the server from
> the console.) I've read some docs, but I can't find a reference to this
> error. Does anyone have any ideas?
> 
> -Tim
> 
> --
> Timothy D. Wilson                     "A little song, a little dance,
> University of MN, chem. dept.         a little seltzer down your 
> wilson@chem.umn.edu                   pants."   -Chuckles the Clown
> Phone: (612) 625-9828                       as eulogized by Ted Baxter
> 
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Thank You,
        Ben Kochie (ben@nerp.net)

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