Ali, Saqib wrote: > I am not a sysadmin. Can you please provide the syntax for this cmd? Just run lsattr in the problematic directory: [root@station8 ~]# lsattr ------------- ./anaconda-ks.cfg ------------- ./install.log ------------- ./install.log.syslog If you see any other things in the first fields that above, it means somebody modified some extended attributes. The other solution might be disk problem, so: > which logs should I be looking at? Open /var/log/messages and look for something like this: Jun 7 17:42:09 station8 smartd[2424]: Device: /dev/hda, is SMART capable. Adding to "monitor" list. If you see smartd error messages, then replace your hard drive(s) quickly. -- BÉRES László RHCE, RHCX senior IT engineer, trainer -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list