Re: [cobalt-users] RAQ4 : Corrupt Directory Permissions : Help

["Zeffie" <cobaltlist@xxxxxxxx>]

> I've asked this question many times before and never received a
> single reply so it's either something very obvious or everyone
> out there is stumped. Going to have to ask again as the problem
> has appeared again.
>
> Basically we came in this morning to find that a number of apparently
> random sites have had directory permissions altered (usually the
> directory named 'includes' within /web) so that the leading 'd' is
> replaced with a '?'
>
> This results in the directory no longer being recognised as such
> and so the site cannot access any files within and all we can do
> is delete and restore from backups.
>
> I can't help feeling that there must be an explanation for why this
> is happening and/or some way of fixing the permissions - I have no
> reason to believe that the files within the folder are damaged in
> any way.
>
> Absolutely any help or thoughts on this matter greatly appreciated.
>
> Phil

I had this on my RaQ2 from time to time but never found an answer or had the
time to get that deep...  I think it might be related to older kernel
versions but I have never seen proof.  Have you done your updates?

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