Hello, I got the same error and I corrected it by changing the shell in /etc/ passwd. changed from /usr/bin/bash/ to /bin/sh ...
sum -------- LynnOS wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux-vserver:~# pwd > /root > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux-vserver:~# ls -ld /root > drwx------ 3 root root 4096 Jul 3 14:52 /root > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux-vserver:~# su lynn > *shell-init: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access > parent directories: Permission denied* > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux-vserver:/root$ > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux-vserver:/root$ bash --version > GNU bash, version 3.2.39(1)-release (i686-pc-linux-gnu) > Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc. > > =============================================================================== > > I appay 39 patches from http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bash/bash-3.2-patches > but the error message doesn't go > in many popular linux distributions,the problem disappear > > thanks > > -- > OpenEmbedded,Linux vserver,Python