Try passing ls a flag to not convert uid's to usernames. I'm beginning to suspect an issue with user databases (e.g. look at sssd, nsswitch.conf and friends) On May 1, 2012 9:30 PM, "Camelia Botez" <camelia.bo...@weizmann.ac.il> wrote:
> I’m talkibg about /usr/local/src that is on /dev/sda2 under / and indeed > it is the partition I ran fsck.**** > > In other directories ls works fine. **** > > Yes the shell does manage to read the directory contents , but in one > subdirectory containing no more than 24 files ls –ltr gets stuck.**** > > No the ls command is not in D state (if I’m not mistaking its state is S). > **** > > > > **** > > ** ** > > *From:* sh...@shimi.net [mailto:sh...@shimi.net] *On Behalf Of *shimi > *Sent:* Tuesday, May 01, 2012 2:13 PM > *To:* Camelia Botez > *Cc:* linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il > *Subject:* Re: help with ls command**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 1:59 PM, Camelia Botez < > camelia.bo...@weizmann.ac.il> wrote:**** > > I have 2 servers running Rhel5 and Centos5.**** > > Around 2 weeks ago on both of them , I have specific directories on which > ls command gets stuck.**** > > I don’t get any output from ls , I cannot stop the command – I only can > close the window.**** > > I rebooted the servers and when I saw that reboot didn’t help I ran > manually fsck.**** > > No improvement.**** > > Has anyone any idea what can be the cause and what to do?**** > > **** > > ** ** > > > Things I can think of... > > Anything on dmesg when this happens? > > Did you verify that those directories are indeed on the volume you fsck'd > ? (and not a network share, etc.) > > Are those 'stock' directories (part of the install) or something you've > added? If stock, what's the path? (to know if it's a special one, > augmenting the previous question)**** > > > Is the problem with actual listing, or 'ls' itself? Did you try, for > example, cat /path/to/dir/ <tab> <tab> to see if the shell does manage to > read the directory contents? > > Do the stuck process get into D state (in 'ps axuf') like I assume it is? > > I know I didn't answer the question but maybe an answer to one of these > questions might :) > > That's it for now... > > -- Shimi**** > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-il mailing list > Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il > http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il > >
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