Can't access home/chris folder?

[WastedJoker]

Hi,

I installed NFS on a newly installed ubuntu 12.04 build but immediately changed my mind and removed it.

Subsequently I can't access /home/chris via putty.

I get error:

-bash: cd: /chris: No such file or directory

I VNC into my server and I can see the /chris folder and I can create a test folder/document but I can't delete.

Since uninstalling NFS, I also do not see any prompt for authentication when trying to mount a drive via Disk Utility GUI. I get a "Not authorized" message.

It's as if removing NFS has screwed with perms etc. What can I do?

This may also be linked to webmin? I can mount the drive in webmin

[WastedJoker]

So I've started from scratch and am facing the exact same problem.

Installed ubuntu 12.04
Choose openssh and samba packages.
Installed gnome core then vnc

I can connect to a vnc session fine but when I'm following the guide to create a script, I cannot navigate to /home/chris in putty.

Via VNC, I can create /home/chris/MyScripts.

Does having root and user name both being "chris" cause this problem?
When I'm connected to VNC it shows as chris@homenas:2

If I type ls from the start it shows:


chris@homenas:~$ ls
Desktop

If I do the following:


chris@homenas:~$ cd /home
chris@homenas:/home$ ls
chris
chris@homenas:/home$ cd /chris
-bash: cd: /chris: No such file or directory
chris@homenas:/home$

chris@homenas:/home$ mkdir chris
mkdir: cannot create directory `chris': File exists

I can't figure out why ls shows desktop only but I can cd to home

Can someone help?

[WastedJoker]

So I created a new samba user, converted it to a unix user and still cannot navigate to any folder inside /home via putty.

[WastedJoker]

If I type

sudo -i

I am able to navigate to /home/chris

I do not know if this is standard behaviour? Why can't my chris@homenas navigate but root@homenas can?

[Ian]

Hi there,

When you installed Ubuntu did you answer "yes" to the prompt about encrypting your home folder?

Ian.

[WastedJoker]

Hi,

I didn't encrypt the home folder.

I'm really at a loss - in my first attempt following the guide, everything was fine. I installed openssh/samba/vnc/webmin - as you know, part of the vnc instructions was to create a Myscripts folder in /home/xxxx (xxxx being username) and it worked then.

I screwed that up by accidentally deleting some important users via webmin but it was no big deal since I'm working from a blank sheet and it is fairly simple - I just repeated the guides steps again but have hit this weird problem with the home folder twice now despite being absolutely sure I'm not doing anything wrong.

[WastedJoker]

Resolved it. I installed VNC and once I could see things in a GUi I realised I've been a bit thick. Basically I was trying to find a directory that didn't exist because I was already in it

[Ian]

Ah ok

Glad you got it solved. I was completely on the wrong track with my thoughts as to what might have happened.

Ian.