On Fri, 10 Jun 2011 06:29:26 -0500, Martin McCormick <mar...@dc.cis.okstate.edu> wrote: > Peter Wiersig writes: > > What result is printed on "getent passwd testuser"? > > # getent passwd testuser > testuser:x:28000:28000:a b c,,,:/srv/backups/testuser:/bin/bash
looking ok. > > what's the result of "ls -ld ~testuser /srv/backups /srv /"? > > # ls -ld ~testuser /srv/backups/testuser > drwxr-xr-x 2 testuser testuser 54 Jun 9 13:28/srv/backups/testuser > drwxr-xr-x 2 testuser testuser 54 Jun 9 13:28/srv/backups/testuser Here you left out the three directories "/srv/backups /srv /" Could you please run "ls -ld /srv/backups /srv /"? Peter -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87fwncsq8y....@london087.server4you.de