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RE: NEWBIE: Problem with $Home being set to /usr/bin/%USERPROFILE%


> 2. Have you recently changed the contents of /etc/passwd?
> 
> No
> 
>    What are the permissions and ownership of this file?
> 
> -rwx------    1 Administ None          658 Sep 16 13:37 /etc/passwd*
> 

Check the last two fields of your entry in /etc/passwd.

>    What are the permissions and ownership of '/etc'?
> 
> drwx------   16 Administ None         8192 Nov 14 12:35 etc/
> 

Change the permissions of /etc to 755.

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