Oisin's answer is right on. Thank you very much.
Cedric
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Oisin McGuinness [SMTP:oisin_at_sbcm.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 1997 5:41 PM
> To: Mak, Cedric
> Cc: oisin_at_sbcm.com
> Subject: Re: "NO DIRECTORY" when login
>
>
> Does COPS still do this?? I had the same problem 7 (seven!) years ago.
>
> What it did then was take away rx permissions for normal people from /
> (root of
> file system). Then no-one can traverse anything.
>
> To check this,
>
> cd /
> ls -ld .
>
> You should see permissions like
> drwxr-xr-x
>
> If not,
> chmod 755 /
>
>
>
> Oisin McGuinness
>
> Sumitomo Bank Capital Markets
> 277 Park Avenue
> New York NY 10172
> USA
>
> (212)-224-4913, email: oisin_at_sbcm.com
>
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