From: muhammad panji <sumodirjo@xxxxxxxxx> > [root@clarisa ~]# ls -lha > total 52K > drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4.0K 2009-08-01 02:38 . > drwxr-xr-x. 23 root root 4.0K 2009-07-31 15:47 .. > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K 2009-07-31 15:06 backup > -rw-------. 1 root root 14K 2009-08-01 08:34 .bash_history > -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 18 2009-03-30 18:51 .bash_logout > -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 176 2009-03-30 18:51 .bash_profile > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 587 2009-07-20 14:34 .bashrc > -rw------- 1 root root 43 2009-07-31 15:20 .lesshst > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K 2009-07-31 15:38 .uml > there are dot on .. (parent dir), and several files on root's home dir Maybe try: strace ls -la 2>&1 | grep lstat64 and see if the numeric rights look different... JD _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos