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*"You might be able to avoid the need for the getcwd call at startup by
exporting PWD*"
Sorry,would you give us more details about how to avoid the "error" message
Thanks very much
LynnOS
2008/7/13 Chet Ramey <chet.ramey@xxxxxxxx>:
> sumeshps1@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
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> LynnOS wrote:
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>>> root@Avct Linux-vserver:~# pwd
>>> /root
>>> root@Avct Linux-vserver:~# ls -ld /root
>>> drwx------ 3 root root 4096 Jul 3 14:52 /root
>>> root@Avct Linux-vserver:~# su lynn
>>> *shell-init: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access
>>> parent directories: Permission denied*
>>> lynn@Avct Linux-vserver:/root$
>>>
>>
> This is not a bash problem. You're in a directory which can be read and
> searched only by root, and you're su'ing to another user. That user
> does not have permission to search the current directory, even to find
> `..', so getcwd is going to fail.
>
> *You might be able to avoid the need for the getcwd call at startup by
> exporting PWD, *so the child shell can read it, but there aren't any
> guarantees.
>
> Chet
>
> --
> ``The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.'' - Chaucer
>
> Chet Ramey, ITS, CWRU chet@xxxxxxxx
> http://cnswww.cns.cwru.edu/~chet/ <http://cnswww.cns.cwru.edu/%7Echet/>
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