Re: Is my directory corrupted?

From: craig (craig_at_stellarnet.com)
Date: 06/08/05 

Date: Tue, 07 Jun 2005 20:20:44 -0500

>
> 08 Nov 2004. Did it have the problem in the past? If so, what did you
> change.
You know I have not changed anything to my knowledge...except allow the
updates to install. I don't pay
too much attention to each and every one that gets installed, although
most seem to be for developers.

>
>>Now I discover:
>>Command line command such as # ls -d */
>>there is a long 31 sec delay before it generates the results to the screen.
>># ls
>>is normal
>
>
> Does the octothorpe in front of the command imply you are running as root?
> That is a hazardous mode, and you should only be root when absolutely
> necessary. If this is as root, how does it work as a normal user?
>
I use the "#" to demote a command line command.
I'm running as user most of the time and only root when I need to run
apache or administrate....
> Well, a lot is going to depend on what's in the directories you are
> trying to look at. Are there a lot of directories?
[craig@SUNRISE-FC3 ~]$ ls -d */
05a/ dns2go-2.0/ MP3's/ php-4.3.10/
2005-03-03--12.49.49/ earthly/ Mplayer1.0/ php-5.0.3/
2005-03-03--12.59.07/ eclipse/ MPlayer-1.0pre6/ php_gz/
apache_gz/ Godyndns/ mysql-administrator/ Sitelutions/
codecs/ httpd-2.0.52/ mysql_gz/ sphpblog-0.4.0/
craigshare/ httpd-2.0.53/ mysql-query-browser/ sphptmp/
Desktop/ IBMJava2/ PanTrip1/ thunderbird/

this took 31 seconds to display ? ?
It's the home directory for me craig

I note the #ls -d /* which displays the system directories display at
the normal almost instantly.... does this suggest something in my
"craig" user directory is causing the trouble ?
Are any of them Samba
yes... one called.... ah I don't see listed in the above listing... I
think you are on to something!
Samba has been a bugger to keep working... I've been having to turn the
firewall off to get it to work. Then it works with the firewall turned
back on.. and now maybe this is one of the cosequences of these
manipulations...
> mounts? Does 'ls -d /*' show the 10 to 20 directories normally found in
> root virtually instantly?
yes
   Does 'alias' return anything relating to ls?
I'm not familiar with 'alias' come again on this please
>
> 31 seconds is a heck of a long time - I don't know how it might be
> connected to hostnames, but does the 'hostname' command return a full
> hostname with dots and a domain?
hostname? again I'm not sure what you want me to try
  Is that full hostname in /etc/hosts?
> If not, does a DNS query return the full name/address pair in both
> directions (IP to name, name to IP)?
>
>
>>What's up? what's causing this. A fresh boot doesn't change a thing.
>
>
> Rebooting rarely has any effect on *nix, except to imperceptibly slow
> it down because the memory cache is emptied.
>
> Another random thought - as root, run the command 'rpm -Va > files2check'
> This is going to take a couple of minutes to run. Then look at that file,
> and compare the output to the 'rpm' man page under VERIFICATION. It is
> normal to see some changes - mainly configuration files, and changes in
> file ownership. On this system, about 90 "files" get listed (a work
> station with about 330 packages installed).

I will do this and get back to you.... I think though your that the
missing < mtpoint > which is the samba share directory is the issue.

I'm an old guy too
thanks
>
> Old guy

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