Re: shell-init: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: Permission denied

[LynnOS]

*"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@case.edu>:

> sumeshps1@gmail.com wrote:
>
>  LynnOS wrote:
>>
>>> 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
>
> --
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>
> Chet Ramey, ITS, CWRU    chet@case.edu
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>
>
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