I helped a friend install SuSE6.3 on his PC. I had no problems with my own install, but with the friend's, I get the message: "/home/lewis is a directory" or "/root is a directory" This happens for each new terminal window, both for X-sessions and also for regular ascii consoles. I assume it's something in the /etc/profile file causing it. The only modification I made was that I removed the machine name from the prompt, leaving only the user and path. I replaced his /etc/profile with a copy from my PC, which works perfectly. Still have the problem. Any suggestions? Below is the section of /etc/profile that I modified: elif [ "$SHELL" = "/usr/bin/ash" -o "$SHELL" = "/bin/ash" ]; then PS1="$ " elif [ -n "$BASH_VERSION" ] ; then # set -P set -p if test "$UID" = 0 ; then PS1="\h:\w # " else # PS1="\u@\h:\w > #replace this line with one below PS1="\u:\w > " fi # PROMPT_COMMAND='PS1=`if test "$UID" = 0 ; then \ # echo "\h:\`pwd -P\` # " ; \ # else \ # echo "\u@\h:\`pwd -P\` > " ; \ # fi `' # export PROMPT_COMMAND else PS1='\h:\w \$ ' #PS1='\u \w \$ ' fi -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/