Could not create directory '/appl/user/.ssh'.
Failed to add the host to the list of known hosts
 (/appl/user/.ssh/known_hosts).
user@sol8server's password: 
Last login: Tue Mar 20 09:45:08 2012 from xxx
Could not chdir to home directory /home/user:
 No such file or directory
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