locked out of home directory??

[Mel Wilson]

matt.price-H217xnMUJC0sA/PxXw9srA at public.gmane.org wrote:
> hi folks,
> 
> i've run into a weird problem -- i can't access the home directory of my 
> main user on a system running ubuntu gutsy.  xsession fails with a 
> less-than-ten-seconds error, and when i log in at the console i get the 
> message:
> 
> No directory, logging in with HOME=/
> 
> if i try to
> ls /home/matt
> or
> cd /home/matt
> i get
> Permission denied.
> 
> but if i ls -ld /home/matt it shows
> 
> drw-r--r-- matt matt   /home/matt
> 
> doesn't that seem bizarre?  anyway, it's a drag, and i'm writing this 
> from a windows computer in my house, and it'd terribly disheartening.  
> plus i have work to do!

will

sudo chmod a+x /home/matt

help?

	Mel.
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