Re: unable to create any directory that uses numbers as the directory name

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More info ................


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
==================================================================
root@server [~]# cat /etc/redhat-release
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES release 4 (Nahant Update 5)

root@server [~]# uname -a
Linux server.integrityserver.net 2.6.9-55.ELsmp #1 SMP Fri Apr 20 17:03:35 EDT
2007 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
root@server [~]#


How reproducible:
======================

root@server [~]# mkdir 1
mkdir: cannot create directory `1': No such file or directory
root@server [~]# mkdir 12
mkdir: cannot create directory `12': No such file or directory
root@server [~]# mkdir 1a2
root@server [~]#



Actual results:
======================
mkdir: cannot create directory `1': No such file or directory


Expected results:
======================
should be able to create a directory

Additional Info:
==================
root@server [~]# ll $(which mkdir)
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root 25060 Sep 19 15:46 /bin/mkdir*
root@server [~]# rpm -qf $(which mkdir)
coreutils-5.2.1-31.6
root@server [~]#
root@server [~]# mount -a
root@server [~]#
root@server [~]#alias | grep mk
root@server [~]#

FSType = ext3


Thanks




On 9/20/07, Madan Thapa <madan.feedback@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> All was working fine.. this issue came to notice yesterday. Anybody had
> such experience and any fix please?
>
>
>
>
>
> On 9/20/07, Bill Tangren < bjt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Madan Thapa wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > >
> > > unable to create any directory that uses numbers as the directory name
> > >
> > >
> > > root@server [~]# mkdir 123
> > > mkdir: cannot create directory `123': No such file or directory
> > > root@server [~]# mkdir 0
> > > mkdir: cannot create directory `0': No such file or directory
> > >
> > >
> > > Filesystem is not in readonly mode becasue I can create dir with a mix
> > of
> > > numbers and aplhabets.
> > >
> > > root@server [~]# mkdir 1ab
> > > root@server [~]#
> > >
> > >
> > > Please advise.
> >
> > [root@mach2 ~]# mkdir 123
> > [root@mach2 ~]# ls -ld 123
> > drwx------  2 root root 4096 Sep 20 09:09 123
> > [root@mach2 ~]#
> >
> > I can. Not sure why you cannot.
> >
> >
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