missing directories when do ls , but can cd to dir's

[soleblazer]

I have a very strange happening on a mysql server, in a directory where I put data files I have the following directory structure

/u02/mysql/data

Now if I cd to /u02/mysql I see nothing. No ls option shows the directory. But I am still able to cd to the directory, and mysql seems to be working.

Has anyone seen this before? Wondering I have a bad disk or worse....

messages doesnt show any weird inode errors on this fs.

[chrism01]

iirc the 'x' perm on a dir means that you can search the dir. If its not set, you cannot look for stuff via wildcards or blank searches eg 'ls'. You can only access stuff if you actually specify the name of the file/dir you want.
Not sure if this applies to 'ls -a' tho...

[hard candy]

You also may want to look at phpMysql

[soleblazer]

Originally posted by chrism01
iirc the 'x' perm on a dir means that you can search the dir. If its not set, you cannot look for stuff via wildcards or blank searches eg 'ls'. You can only access stuff if you actually specify the name of the file/dir you want.
Not sure if this applies to 'ls -a' tho...

ls -a should pick it up. The perms in the top dir look ok, I should see the directories, especially as root.