Could not chdir to home directory

[thinhthanh_hd_vn]

Hi,



on logging into oracle account i got these error message

Could not chdir to home directory /home/oracle: No such file or directory

/usr/X11R6/bin/xauth: error in locking authority file /home/oracle/.Xauthority

found the command used in creating user was

usermod -d /home/oracle -m oracle

i requested to create oracle user,groups, iam able to login but dir does't contain.

please advice or suggest on how to overcome this issue.

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[dang tri]

Like the error says, /home/oracle does not exist.

[rankelmeme]

why did't it got created, do i need to create the folder manually.

or should i ask for re-creation of the user.

[hankosh]

I'd create it manually. The -m option might have been needed to create a new homedir with usermod. If it's supported on your system that is.

[vicstar]

Just check /etc/passwd file and make sure that the account folder that is given on that line containing the user exists.If not then create it manually.