So to summarise I have exactly the same problem when I use ssh to connect to Ubuntu 11.10 with all patches up to and including 8th of Feb 2012.
Output from "uname -a" is Linux dev4 3.0.0-15-generic #26-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jan 20 17:23:00 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Generally this error occurs when I am a normal user but does not show if I am root. I also believe that I have seen the problem when running "sudo df" but I cannot 100% confirm this. If the error appears then the return code is set to 1. I also believe that this is a reasonably recent behavioural change on my system. I have added a lot of packages recently so one could have triggered this. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/867806 Title: df -h permission denied error To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lightdm/+bug/867806/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs