08-01-2008
du not working for user using ksh
Hi,
I have a strange problem with a AIX server, user are having problem with using du will in their ksh shell, if they switch to sh or bash there is not problem. root account that are using ksh but have not problem with du.
this is the error messages when trying to run du
du: can't find current directory
can this be cause by the setting in ksh or some other problem?
Thanks
Robert Ngo
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