{"id":798,"date":"2012-12-28T20:07:50","date_gmt":"2012-12-28T20:07:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/2012\/12\/28\/no-such-file-or-directory\/"},"modified":"2021-08-16T23:25:59","modified_gmt":"2021-08-17T03:25:59","slug":"no-such-file-or-directory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/email\/no-such-file-or-directory\/","title":{"rendered":"Create email account error: No such file or directory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/email_email-troubleshooting_no-such-file-or-directory_no-such-file-or-directory.gif\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"719\" height=\"309\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/email_email-troubleshooting_no-such-file-or-directory_no-such-file-or-directory.gif\" class=\"optimized-lcp-image\" alt=\"no-such-file-or-directory\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<p>When setting up an email account in the cPanel email accounts, you may encounter the following error.<br style=\"clear: both;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; border: 1px solid #000000; background: #eeeeee; padding: 10px;\">Error<br> File open for \/home\/userna5\/etc\/domain.com\/passwd failed with error No such file or directory<\/p>\n<p>This error occurs when the etc folder was deleted or renamed inside your home directory of your files.<\/p>\n<h2>How to fix the No such file or directory error<\/h2>\n<ol class=\"article_list\">\n<li>First, contact <a href=\"\/support\/amp\/how-to-get-great-technical-support\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click here for how to contact support\" rel=\"noopener\">tech support<\/a>\u00a0to see if you can have your files restored from a backup.\n<p>If support does not have the files in the backups, proceed to step 2.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/support\/edu\/cpanel\/how-to-log-into-cpanel\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click here for info\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Login into your cPanel<\/strong><\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"\/support\/edu\/cpanel\/using-file-manager-in-cpanel\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click here for info\" rel=\"noopener\">Go to the File Manager<\/a>.<\/strong> <strong>Select the Home directory and click Go<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Check for the following Necessary files for your server to function. 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