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I have an opensuse 42.1 leap Linux. I deleted my /home folder accidentally from my other linux which is Debian. For some reason I had to transfer everything from my /home directory to a new partition. Then, everything is fine except that I do not need any password to enter my /home directory now. But when I am logging out and trying to enter my home directory I need a password.

Why do I not need a password to enter ?

Rui F Ribeiro
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  • What do you need the password for cq what program prompts you? Is this the general bootup login, that was previously not necessary or some other program. Who is the owner of the homedirectory? Make sure you are the owner if this all has been restored from some remote computer. – Anthon Jan 31 '16 at 21:00
  • Sounds like an ownership issue, I would probably do something like chown -R username /home/username/ which I think would change the ownership of the home directory and all subdirectories and files to "username". (Using chown on such a large scale is usually a bad idea, but the point of your home directory is pretty much that you should have complete control over all the files in it)

    If that doesn't do the trick, read up on chmod.

     – Cestarian Feb 01 '16 at 00:37
  • The problem is not solved. I tried everything you suggested. It did not change anything – prashanta_himalay Feb 01 '16 at 21:42

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The likely problems:

  • you do not own the actual home directory (or shell initialization files)
  • you did not adjust the location of the home directory in /etc/passwd after moving it.

Further reading:

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