ORBIT-USER: Problem with home directory on the consoles

[Thierry Rakotoarivelo]

Dear all,

I am having a problem when logging to the consoles of grid, sb1, and sb2 
(have not tried the others...).

It was ok when I first logged in this morning, but my connection got 
reset during lunch time and I have the following issue when trying to 
re-log after lunch:

[tiry at sah047 tiry]$ ssh grid.orbit-lab.org
Password:
Last login: Thu Nov 29 00:39:15 2007 from sah047.atp.nicta.com.au
Linux console.grid.orbit-lab.org 2.6.22-3-686 #1 SMP Mon Nov 12 08:32:57 
UTC 2007 i686
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|                 *** For authorized use only ***                 |
| This system is for the use of authorized users only.  All users |
| ....
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

Could not chdir to home directory /home/thierry: No such file or directory

thierry at console.grid:/$
thierry at console.grid:/$ cd
-bash: cd: /home/thierry: No such file or directory
thierry at console.grid:/$ ssh sb1.orbit-lab.org
Could not create directory '/home/thierry/.ssh'.

The authenticity of host 'sb1.orbit-lab.org (10.50.11.10)' can't be 
established.
RSA key fingerprint is e3:e1:6c:98:84:28:45:6a:68:b4:21:0c:a7:f1:a7:8f.
Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)? yes
Failed to add the host to the list of known hosts 
(/home/thierry/.ssh/known_hosts).
Password:
thierry at console.sb1:/$


It seems like my user /home/ directory is not mounted upon logging. Thus 
I do not have access to any of my files...

Anyone else having the same issue? Could someone please have a look at 
what is the problem?

Regards,
Thierry.

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Thierry Rakotoarivelo
Networks and Pervasive Computing Group (NPC) - NICTA
Locked Bag 9013, Alexandria, NSW 1435, Australia
Tel. +61 2 8374 5245 / Fax. +61 2 8374 5531
Web. www.nicta.com.au