Login using "su - username" or ssh username@hostname gives an error "-bash: /home/username: is a directory".
Issue
- Login using "su - username" or ssh username@hostname gives an error "-bash: /home/username: is a directory".
Eg:
[root@example ~]# su - username
-bash: /home/username: is a directory
Eg:
[root@client ~]# ssh user@server.example.com
username@server.example.com's password:
Last login: Mon Apr 9 09:52:21 2012 from server@example.com
-bash: /home/username: is a directory
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
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