Just a thought, but are the permissions of the directory rwxr-xr-x or something similar? If a directory doesn't have execute permissions, you can't CD to it. That's also true if the parent directories don't have execute permissions set.
Karl <quote who="Jon Wells"> > Hi all, > > Earlier this week I set out to replace a test account with a fresh > copy of the live account (Unidata 6.1 on AIX 5.1). The Live account > had grown more then I had anticipated and I found myself with a > max'ed out "/test" file system. While preparing to restore from > tape, we found we had a bad disc. We had another disc from a > decommissioned box, created a new /test file system, and restored > from tape there. The problem is I can not get to the colon prompt > unless I'm logged in as root. I tried stripping the LOGIN paragraph > down to just a couple of UDT.OPTIONS commands along with a DISPLAY > statement so I can tell if the LOGIN paragraph was even run. > > > 464 > datatel>udt > -------------------------------- > /test/coltest > > Can't get current working directory. > > It did not run the LOGIN paragraph??? > > We're not sure what else to look at. The system was rebooted this > morning. The startud logs look fine. Looks like all permissions > were preserved. > > Any suggestions? > > > *-----------------------------------------------------------* > Jon Wells > Database Administrator Beloit College > Information Technology Services Beloit, Wisconsin > 608-363-2290 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 608-363-2100(fax) > *-----------------------------------------------------------* > AIX 5.1.3 IBM RS6000 F50 UniData 5.1.35 > *-----------------------------------------------------------* > ------- > u2-users mailing list > u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ > -- Karl Pearson Director of I.T. ATS Industrial Supply, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.atsindustrial.com 800-789-9300 x29 Local: 801-978-4429 Fax: 801-972-3888 "To mess up your Linux PC, you have to really work at it; to mess up a microsoft PC you just have to work on it." ------- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/