Or you *could* log in as root . . . #
*chown debian:users /home/debian* Then see if that works. If not, you can always backup the directory, remove the debian user, then recreate the debian user, and home directory. Something like this is a good reference for adding a new user. https://www.debian-administration.org/article/2/Adding_new_users reflashing the image will probably do the trick, but it teaches you nothing about debian administration / management . . . it would be good if you figure out what you did wrong, and correct it. On Wed, Jun 3, 2015 at 6:56 AM, Robert Nelson <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Jun 3, 2015 at 8:51 AM, Scott Evans <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello! I have BBB that I've somehow hosed the permissions on my home > > directory, so I can no longer log into it - when trying to ssh I'm > getting a > > permission denied. This is an element14 unit with whatever Debian > version > > that came with it installed. I (unwisely) never created another user > > account on the box. Is my only recourse at this point reflashing my BBB > to > > a new image, or is there a back door of some sort that I can use to SSH > into > > it, or at least mount the eMMC to see what's there and try and fix > without > > needing to reflash? > > There are a couple advanced ways, boot into single user mode, hack up > permissions on the mounted sd card... > > Just reflash, it's painless and gets you back to the default state. ;) > > Regards, > > -- > Robert Nelson > https://rcn-ee.com/ > > -- > For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "BeagleBoard" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
