/home/user owned by user, user starts in cwd /home/user

Src/Hyperion-bash/bin/chgrp

@@ -64,12 +64,18 @@ local newGid = resolveGid(groupStr)
 local function chgrpPath(path)
     local stat = syscall.stat(path)
     if not stat then
-        print(name .. ": cannot stat '" .. path .. "': No such file or directory")
+        print(name .. ": cannot stat '" .. path .. "': no such file or directory")
         return false
     end
     local ok, err = pcall(syscall.chown, path, stat.owner, newGid)
     if not ok then
-        print(name .. ": cannot change group of '" .. path .. "': " .. tostring(err))
+        local msg = tostring(err)
+        if msg:find("EPERM") or msg:find("EACCES") then
+            msg = "operation not permitted (must be root)"
+        elseif msg:find("ENOENT") then
+            msg = "no such file or directory"
+        end
+        print(name .. ": cannot change group of '" .. path .. "': " .. msg)
         return false
     end
     return true

Src/Hyperion-bash/bin/chmod

@@ -220,7 +220,13 @@ local function chmodPath(path)
 
     local ok, cerr = pcall(syscall.chmod, path, newPerms)
     if not ok then
-        print(name .. ": cannot change permissions of '" .. path .. "': " .. tostring(cerr))
+        local msg = tostring(cerr)
+        if msg:find("EACCES") or msg:find("EPERM") then
+            msg = "permission denied"
+        elseif msg:find("ENOENT") then
+            msg = "no such file or directory"
+        end
+        print(name .. ": cannot change permissions of '" .. path .. "': " .. msg)
         return false
     end
     return true

Src/Hyperion-bash/bin/chown

@@ -95,14 +95,20 @@ end
 local function chownPath(path)
     local stat = syscall.stat(path)
     if not stat then
-        print(name .. ": cannot stat '" .. path .. "': No such file or directory")
+        print(name .. ": cannot stat '" .. path .. "': no such file or directory")
         return false
     end
     local uid = newUid ~= nil and newUid or stat.owner
     local gid = newGid ~= nil and newGid or stat.group
     local ok, err = pcall(syscall.chown, path, uid, gid)
     if not ok then
-        print(name .. ": cannot change owner of '" .. path .. "': " .. tostring(err))
+        local msg = tostring(err)
+        if msg:find("EPERM") or msg:find("EACCES") then
+            msg = "operation not permitted (must be root)"
+        elseif msg:find("ENOENT") then
+            msg = "no such file or directory"
+        end
+        print(name .. ": cannot change owner of '" .. path .. "': " .. msg)
         return false
     end
     return true

Src/Hyperion-bash/bin/hysh

@@ -17,7 +17,13 @@ local commandHistory = {}
 local terminate = false
 syscall.setEnviron("SHELL","rtbash")
 syscall.setEnviron("PATH","/bin/")
-syscall.chdir("/")
+local _home = syscall.getEnviron("HOME")
+if _home and _home ~= "" then
+    local ok = pcall(syscall.chdir, _home)
+    if not ok then syscall.chdir("/") end
+else
+    syscall.chdir("/")
+end
 local oldWD = ""
 
 for i = 1, 16 do

Src/Hyperion-bash/bin/login

@@ -96,6 +96,9 @@ local function spawnShell(username, uid, shell, homedir)
     end
 
     local chdirOk, chdirErr = pcall(syscall.chdir, homedir)
+    if not chdirOk then
+        pcall(syscall.chdir, "/")
+    end
 
     local ok, err = pcall(syscall.execspawn, shell, username .. ":shell")
     if not ok then