topic Re: Problem with ls! in Operating System - HP-UX

Problem with ls!

Massimo_20 — Wed, 20 Aug 2003 08:16:54 GMT

Hi folks,
if i use ls with a normal user there is not output, but if i use ls by root the output is correct.
Thanks in advance.

Re: Problem with ls!

Armin Feller — Wed, 20 Aug 2003 08:31:57 GMT

Interesting ;-( What happens if you use 'ls -l' or 'll' ??? Occur this with all non-root USERS? Have you created a new local USER and test this?

Re: Problem with ls!

Tom Geudens — Wed, 20 Aug 2003 08:33:51 GMT

Hi,
Is this "normal" on the particular system, or has something happened after which this is the result ?
Might have something to do with the PATH-variable (which might define another ls for your ordinary users). Try :
"whereis ls" as the root-user and the same as another user. Any difference in the result ?

Regards,
Tom Geudens

Re: Problem with ls!

Michael Tully — Wed, 20 Aug 2003 08:34:28 GMT

What is the exact command and any messages?

$ ls
.unreadable

If this is the case, you don't have read access to the directory.

If not please provide the first few lines of out put from when 'root' is used. There could be a corrupted named file.

Re: Problem with ls!

Umapathy S — Wed, 20 Aug 2003 08:35:49 GMT

Massimo,
How do you say the output is correct. In which dir are you listing? Are the permissions correct? Does ls not working for any other user?

-Umapathy

Re: Problem with ls!

Massimo_20 — Wed, 20 Aug 2003 08:39:53 GMT

i tried with ls -l and ll, but the result is the same. Every user different from root has the same problem.
Thanks a lot.

Re: Problem with ls!

Armin Feller — Wed, 20 Aug 2003 08:44:59 GMT

Please check the permissions of 'ls' and 'll', ...

root / >ll /sbin/ls
-r-xr-xr-x 1 bin bin 278528 Dec 12 1997 /sbin/ls
root / >ll /usr/bin/ls
-r-xr-xr-x 6 bin bin 356352 Dec 12 1997 /usr/bin/ls

Seams to be a problem in this way. Which 'ls' are you using /sbin/ls or /usr/bin/ls???

Re: Problem with ls!

Darren Prior — Wed, 20 Aug 2003 08:46:08 GMT

Hi,

Out of interest does echo * return anything for your users in whatever directory you are using?

regards,

Darren.

Re: Problem with ls!

Massimo_20 — Wed, 20 Aug 2003 08:46:37 GMT

Thanks for your suggestion,
the permissions in the directory are correct.
i'm sure there are files in the the directory
root read every file
thanks.

Re: Problem with ls!

Massimo_20 — Wed, 20 Aug 2003 08:50:42 GMT

hi darren,
i tried with echo * and files were listed corretly.
Thanks

Re: Problem with ls!

Armin Feller — Wed, 20 Aug 2003 08:55:44 GMT

What does 'll -a' tell us?

ERRORS:
attributes unavailable = file corrupted

The parameter list is too long = set kernel tunable large_ncargs_enabled to 1

unreadable = filename has too many characters

...

Don't know what that could be.

Re: Problem with ls!

Massimo_20 — Wed, 20 Aug 2003 09:00:05 GMT

when in use ls or ls -la there is not output and there is not error message!!!
the output is the same if i work ls in the directory without files!

Re: Problem with ls!

Tom Geudens — Wed, 20 Aug 2003 09:02:34 GMT

Hi,
Stupid remark probably, but have you tried executing
/usr/bin/ls
instead of just ls ?
Same result ?

Regards,
Tom Geudens

Re: Problem with ls!

Darren Prior — Wed, 20 Aug 2003 09:07:28 GMT

Ok, we know there are files in the dir because root can see them, and echo * shows them. So, either there is a problem with ls, or someone has aliased ls to something else.

As well as Tom's suggestion - what happens if you run /sbin/ls ?

regards,

Darren.

Re: Problem with ls!

Massimo_20 — Wed, 20 Aug 2003 09:13:11 GMT

If i use /usr/bin/ls the output is the same!
There is not alias called ls!!

Re: Problem with ls!

Massimo_20 — Wed, 20 Aug 2003 09:19:16 GMT

now i tried with find command, but the output is the same: only the root user list the file correctly!!! The other users not work correctly also with the find command!

Re: Problem with ls!

Darren Prior — Wed, 20 Aug 2003 09:23:01 GMT

Hi Massimo,

Can you cut and paste the output of the commands running as root and another user so we can see exactly what you mean for both ls and find. Also, can you show the permissions on the directory that you are looking at, and the directories above it.

At the moment we're working in the dark and are probably missing something obvious!

regards,

Darren.

Re: Problem with ls!

Massimo_20 — Wed, 20 Aug 2003 09:35:49 GMT

The output of the command in in attach.
Thanks!

Re: Problem with ls!

Darren Prior — Wed, 20 Aug 2003 09:41:54 GMT

Hi Massimo,

This doesn't appear to be a HP-UX server according to the output of your su command! Perhaps you could try the forums at http://www.sun.com/forums/
for further assistance.

regards,

Darren.

Re: Problem with ls!

Massimo_20 — Wed, 20 Aug 2003 09:44:13 GMT

yes!! the system is not hp-ux, but the question is general!!!
thank you very much for the your interest!