cannot access file, permission denied as root
On Mon, 24 Apr 2006 09:51:51 -0500, Jim Strathmeyer staggered into the Black Sun and said: problems where root can't stat() a bunch of files or chown them or anything
No, "su -" inherits nothing. Whether firefox is running or not should make no difference to whether these files under ~user-.mozillacan be stat()ed or not. Something *weird* is going on here.
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If you can't unlink() a thing, it's possible that the i attribute is set. lsattr this directory (and the files under it) and make sure the i attribute isn't set; if it is, chattr -i it. The thing is, attributes shouldn't make any difference to a file's behavior when you stat() it. Are you running SELinux, or using ACLs?
If I were you, I'd check the output from dmesg and make sure there aren't any warnings about bad blocks or filesystem errors. If there are, umounthome (or mount it read-only) and fsck it. I've seen behavior like this happening on a damaged filesystem once before.
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