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# 1  
Old 03-13-2012
Unable to execute any comman on a file
Hello everyone,

I'm having a problem with a file. I can run any command on it : cp, mv, chmod,ln,more...

Thanks for your help
# 2  
Old 03-13-2012
If you ls -l $file, do you have permission to change it?
# 3  
Old 03-13-2012
Assuming you can see the file with "ls", please post:
Code:
ls -lisad filename

Are you logged in as "root"?
# 4  
Old 03-13-2012
the permission of my file are -rw-r--r-- and i'm logged as root.

Any ideas ?

thanks for you help
# 5  
Old 03-13-2012
show us those output:
Code:
id

Code:
ls -lisa file

Code:
cp file file.ORIG

# 6  
Old 03-13-2012
Just in case the filename contains funny characters, try looking at the directory with:
Code:
ls -lab

# 7  
Old 03-13-2012
hello,
Code:
ls -lisa => 407782   2064 -rw-r--r--   1 xxx     xxx      1045436 Mar 13 14:25 

id => uid=0(root) gid=0(root)

cp file file.ORIG => cp: cannot access ....

Last edited by methyl; 03-13-2012 at 01:19 PM..
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