In her inimitable posix style, ./donna_garverick writes:

> her's a good one.....get into the shell as manager.sys and
> do an 'll' (ls -l) on a directory:
>
> shell/iX> ll /NSD/USERVOL/
> total 10
> drwx------   2 MGR.NSD           NSD          224 Aug 19
> 16:41 files0
>
> (note the permissions and owner)
>
> as the user (mgr.nsd), get into the shell and do the same
> 'll':
>
> shell/iX> cd ../USERVOL
> shell/iX> ll
> total 10
> -rw-------   1 MGR.NSD           NSD          260 Aug 19
> 16:41 files0
>
> cool, huh?  (not)  anyone know what's wrong?           - d

donna,

I'm not sure you're doing an ll on the same thing both times. First ll shows
a directory and the second shows a file. Could it be a symlink?

Try logging in as mgr.nsd and doing:

sh -L
cd ..
ll ./USERVOL/

...and I bet you'll get the same results as from MANAGER.SYS.

HTH,
Patrick
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Patrick Santucci
HP e3000 Systems Administrator
Computer Operations Team Lead
Cornerstone Brands, Inc.

http://cornerstonebrands.com

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