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Error "Could not chdir to home directory" during Login to Linux Server with Active Directory User (Doc ID 2567385.1)

Last updated on AUGUST 22, 2019

Applies to:

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Version N/A and later
Linux x86-64

Symptoms

When logging in to a Linux system with user authentication via Active Directory, the login succeeds but with the following error message:

org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name com.redhat.oddjob_mkhomedir
was not provided by any .service files
Last login: Thu Jul 18 16:48:55 2019 from <IP>
Could not chdir to home directory /home/<username>: No such file or directory
-bash-4.1$

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Cause

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