Error adding new user: Error Creating /home/USER/domains

[duncan]

I have been running DA for a year or two with no problems - but suddenly I am getting the following error whenever I try to add a new user. I have not made any system changes for months.

Any idea what can be causing this? I am running Fedora 4.



Unix User created successfully

User's System Quotas set
User's data directory created successfully
Domains directory created successfully
Error Creating /home/USER/domains
Parent directory does not allow write, or one of the directories didn't allow search (execution) permission


Unable to create directory /home/USER/domains/domain.com,
A directory component in /home/USER/domains/domain.com does not exist or is a dangling symbolic link

Error creating /home/USER/domains/domain.com/public_html
A directory component in /home/USER/domains/domain.com/public_html does not exist or is a dangling symbolic link

Error creating /home/USER/domains/domain.com/public_html/cgi-bin
A directory component in /home/USER/domains/domain.com/public_html/cgi-bin does not exist or is a dangling symbolic link

Error creating /home/USER/domains/domain.com/public_html/cgi-bin/.htaccess
Unable to open /home/USER/domains/domain.com/public_html/cgi-bin/.htaccess for writing

Error creating /home/USER/domains/domain.com/private_html
A directory component in /home/USER/domains/domain.com/private_html does not exist or is a dangling symbolic link

Unable to create directory /home/USER/domains/domain.com/public_ftp,
A directory component in /home/USER/domains/domain.com/public_ftp does not exist or is a dangling symbolic link

Unable to create directory /home/USER/domains/domain.com/public_ftp/incoming,
A directory component in /home/USER/domains/domain.com/public_ftp/incoming does not exist or is a dangling symbolic link

 

[floyd]

Parent directory does not allow write, or one of the directories didn't allow search (execution) permission

Check the permissions on /home

ls -ld /home

Should be

drwx--x--x

 

[duncan]

Just to update this old thread, I'm still having this problem.
Several months later and a whole lot of searching, I still have not been able to track it down.

And just to update the above response,

[root@vps /]# ls -ld /home
drwx--x--x  39 root root 4096 Sep 27 12:22 /home

Does anyone have any idea what could be causing this?

In case it is of any assistance, here is the DA Error Log:

2007:09:27-12:22:27: Unable to create /home/USER/domains/domain.com
2007:09:27-12:22:27: Unable to copy /home/admin/domains/default to /home/USER/domains/domain.com/public_html : <b>A  directory  component in /home/USER/domains/domain.com/public_html does not exist or is a dangling symbolic link</b><br>
Unable to create the directory /home/USER/domains/domain.com/public_html<br>

2007:09:27-12:22:28: Error creating ./domains/domain.com/public_html -> /home/USER/public_html : Permission denied
2007:09:27-12:45:20: Socket write error: fd is connected to a pipe or socket whose reading end is closed.  When this  happens the writing process will also receive a SIG_PIPE signal.  (Thus, the write return value is seen only if  the program catches, blocks or ignores this signal.)
2007:09:27-12:45:20: Error reading from {SERVER IP}

Anyone?

 

[nobaloney]

You're probably going to have to have someone with good admin skills and experience with the OS Distribution you're using, log in and figure it out.

Jeff

 

[duncan]

In case anyone comes across this down the road - it turns out that all of this was caused by my VPS. There was some problem with quotas, which caused all these errors. Talk to your server admins.

A huge thanks to jlasman for getting me pointed in the right direction

Thanks!

Duncan

 

[jlounds]

I am running in to the same issue, but I cannot figure out which resource quota is causing the problem. I would be very grateful for some insight on what yours was, Duncan. Thanks!

 

[duncan]

Call your hosting people and make sure Quotas are turned ON. I believe that was the problem - they had done some update which had affected them. Unfortunately that is all I can remember, but hopefully gives you a clue.

Duncan