Ed Greshko wrote:
On 12/12/17 19:58, Neal Becker wrote:
> Ed Greshko wrote:
>
>> On 12/11/17 20:11, Neal Becker wrote:
>>> Since last boot, I've got this strange symptom. Filesystem is btrfs.
>>> If I list my home dir with dired under emacs I see:
>>>
>>> -rwxrwxr-x. 1 nbecker nbecker 207 Dec 3 2015 BACKUP.sh
>>> -?????????? ? ? ? ? ? .bash_history
>>> -?????????? ? ? ? ? ? .bash_history
>>> -?????????? ? ? ? ? ? .bash_history
>>> -?????????? ? ? ? ? ? .bash_history
>>>
>>> Attempt to list with ls gives:
>>> /usr/bin/ls: cannot access '/home/nbecker/./.bash_history': No
such
>>> file
>>> or directory
>>>
>>>
>>> I think this means there is a directory entry, but the file doesn't
>>> exist?
>>> Any suggestion to most reliably repair the damage? I don't care about
>>> losing the content of this file.
>>
>> I assume you're executing the commands as yourself. If you "su -"
and
>> become root do you see any difference?
>>
>>
> No, same result as root
> sudo ls -la .
> [sudo] password for nbecker:
> ls: cannot access '.bash_history': No such file or directory
> ls: cannot access '.bash_history': No such file or directory
> ls: cannot access '.bash_history': No such file or directory
> ls: cannot access '.bash_history': No such file or directory
> ls: cannot access '.bash_history': No such file or directory
> ls: cannot access '.bash_history': No such file or directory
> total 11548
> ...
> -?????????? ? ? ? ? ? .bash_history
> -?????????? ? ? ? ? ? .bash_history
> -?????????? ? ? ? ? ? .bash_history
> -?????????? ? ? ? ? ? .bash_history
> -?????????? ? ? ? ? ? .bash_history
> -?????????? ? ? ? ? ? .bash_history
> ...
Very odd that it should repeat the message 6 times.....
Not that I'm confident this will be any different but how about disabling
selinux temporarily?
sudo setenforce 0 and then try ls?
BTW, in case it's not clear, only the file ".bash_history" shows an issue.
No difference:
sudo ls -laZ /home/nbecker
[...]
-rwxrwxr-x. 1 nbecker nbecker unconfined_u:object_r:user_home_t:s0
207 Dec 3 2015 BACKUP.sh
-?????????? ? ? ? 0
? ? .bash_history
-?????????? ? ? ? 0
? ? .bash_history
-?????????? ? ? ? 0
? ? .bash_history
-?????????? ? ? ? 0
? ? .bash_history
-?????????? ? ? ? 0
? ? .bash_history
-?????????? ? ? ? 0
? ? .bash_history
-rw-r--r--. 1 nbecker nbecker unconfined_u:object_r:user_home_t:s0
18 Oct 8 2014 .bash_logout
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