larrabee / freeipa-password-reset

Self-service password reset app for FreeIPA
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cannot create home directory for user getting permission denied #58

Open gopigl opened 3 years ago

gopigl commented 3 years ago

I have followed the all steps after installing of IPAServer not able to create home directory for user, can any one help me on this.

sudo mkdir $(ipa -n user-show "ipa-test-user" --raw |grep 'homedirectory' |awk -F':' '{print $2}') mkdir: cannot create directory ‘/home/ipa-test-user’: Permission denied

Thanks In Advance.

Regards, Gopi V

Yukesh4791 commented 2 years ago

Hi @gopigl , you should be a root user to create a directory in the IPA server. SSH as root user and try running the mkdir command again.