On Monday 20 November 2006 21:29, you wrote: > using the command line, you should check the path for your home > directory in /etc/password. then check your disk for the location your > home directory - generally it's /home/<user> . > > it sounds like the disk partition where your home directory lives isn't > getting mounted. things like "df" will help you figure that out. > alternatively it could be an ownership/permissions issue on your home > directory. > > > - Rick there doesn't appear to anything wrong with permissions. I just can't understand how prior to updates, I can access my /home/user directory, and yet post updates the /home/user directory is no longer accessable. why should any update stop me accessing the /home/user directory??? I must admit that I'm getting a bit pished off here. FC2 continues to work just fine, and yet updates on FC5 are seriously screwing up the OS. Nigel.