#: 20694 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK)
    09-Jan-95  11:54:16
Sb: #20693-HELP - login gives error
Fm: Pete Lyall 76703,4230
To: Tim Berkeley 75240,1316 (X)

Tim -

Sounds like your password file is pointing to an initial login directory for
the user that:

 a) Doesn't exist
 b) Doesn't have permissions set right
 c) Isn't owned by the user

Also - a corrupt password file entry may be the candidate.

Pete

P.S. I have also seen similar errors when OS9 tries to execute an executable as
a shell script.