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cannot switch to oracle user: cannot change directory to /home/oracle: Perm

Neo-bNov 8 2010 — edited Nov 8 2010

Hello all,

I am installing oracle 11g R 2 on Oracle enterprise Linux 5 i applied all the steps in doc
http://www.oracle-base.com/articles/11g/OracleDB11gR2InstallationOnEnterpriseLinux5.php

when trying to switch user to user oracle i am facing the below

[root@oel5 ~]# su - oracle
su: warning: cannot change directory to /home/oracle: Permission denied
-bash: /home/oracle/.bash_profile: Permission denied

your help please

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