I am trying to stamp out errors on a new Ubuntu server install and am getting errors in the logs that I have no clue on how to track down.
The logs show this line over and over
sh: 1: cd: can't cd to ~
sh: 1: cd: can't cd to ~
sh: 1: cd: can't cd to ~
sh: 1: cd: can't cd to ~
How do I find the source from such a vague error? It does not even have a time of occurrence that most errors in the logs have.
Thanks in advance. It is going to be a long day!
cd ~ means "change the directory I'm in to my home directory". Either you, or a script is trying to unsuccesfully run this command. Like Chris said, a grep will save your day:
cd /
grep -r 'cd ~' * -n
^this will switch to your root directory cd /, recursively -r search for the string 'cd ~' in all files *, and also give the line number -n
maybe grep for files containing the string cd whos last access time was recent