wierd getcwd error

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On Wed, Jul 28, 2004 at 03:53:45PM -0500, after drawing runes in goat's blood,
Richard D. Williams cast forth these immortal, mystical words:
> Running RH 8.0
> Just installed FP 5.013D4. Brand new 128 user upgrade.
> 
> When I execute a process using F-  Print Form ,it uses the form command 
> to print specific forms.
> I never had a problem with this prior to installing this upgrade.
> 
> Now I see this on the screen and it does not print.
> 
> shell-init: could not get current directory: getcwd: cannot access 
> parent directories: No such file or
> directory

What are the permissions and ownerships on the old and new installation
directories and programs in question?  Also, have you run setperms on the
new installation?

And which version were you on previously?

There likely is something wrong with the new permissions where something
isn't SUID and can't get at what it needs, or you were on a version that
didn't used to use a shell to do something (like an internal system() call
in fP's C code, not to be confused with fP's own SYSTEM() function) and now
it does, and bash v2.x is biting you squarely in the posterior.

> I linked back to the old version and it work fine.

Yes, but -which- old version?

I'm finding it pretty hard to believe that fP-Tech would have changed an
internal like that without really good reason, so I'm betting it's a
program/directory permission issue with the new installation.

Did the install go smoothly, throw up errors/warnings, or was anyone
watching as it ran?

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