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SSH not landing in the home directory

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http://unix.stackexchange.com – I have recently installed Raspbian into a Raspberry Pi. As part of the installation process I changed the user name and group from the default (pi) to my own (let's call it user) using usermod and groupmod. I also moved the home directory (/home/pi) to the new user name (/home/user) using usermod. Everything works fine except that when I login using SSH instead of landing the new user directory (/home/user) I end up at the home directory (/home). Any idea why this may be happening? Any solution? It's not a big deal but it is confusing me. The directory /home/user exists with permissions 755. (HowTos)

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Submitted by missing on 09/08/2012

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I have recently installed Raspbian into a Raspberry Pi. As part of the installation process I changed the user name and group from the default (pi) to my own (let's call it user) using usermod and groupmod. I as well moved the home directory (/home/pi) to the new user name (/home/user) using usermod.

I am using Fedora 9. I removed the user using userdel -r command. The user is removed, but the home directory still remains. When I tried to remove the home directory (rm -rf /home/user/), I get the following message:

rm: cannot remove '/home/user/.gvfs': Permission denied This happens on random occasions. Which scenario does this occur? Why is this occurring?

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Permissions of home directory 1 year 18 weeks ago

When I first installed ubuntu server 10.04 I created my first user 'bonzo'. When I'm logged in as bonzo the permissions on directory /home/bonzo are 755. However when I'm logged in as any other user the permissions on the directory /home/bonzo are 500.

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Hi, Currently i'm logging as a user say atgdev. When I login it takes me to directory /. I see the home directory set as /home/atgdev/

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