I really believe Seth hit this nail on the head; it's not only file permissions but ACL privileges as well, and those may be different for /boot/efi than they are for /boot. David Fitzjarrell Principal author, "Oracle Exadata Survival Guide" On Thursday, July 10, 2014 12:58 PM, Seth Miller <sethmiller.sm@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: As root: getfacl /boot getfacl /boot/efi As oracle: strace df -h Seth On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 1:24 PM, Sweetser, Joe <JSweetser@xxxxxxxx> wrote: $ ls -ld /dev/sda1 >brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8, 1 Jul 9 07:40 /dev/sda1 >$ ls -ld /dev/sda2 >brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8, 2 Jul 9 07:40 /dev/sda2 > >FWIW, 7:40 was the time of the reboot after the new 10gb card installation. >Also, the previous output was sent only to show that the file protections were >the same between /boot and /boot/efi. I guess it would make a bit more sense >to me if I could not see /boot, either. > >Thanks, >-joe > >From:Seth Miller [mailto:sethmiller.sm@xxxxxxxxx] >Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2014 12:18 PM >To: Sweetser, Joe >Cc: oracle-l (oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) >Subject: Re: OT: Linux df question > >Joe, > >Send output of these: > >ls -ld /dev/sda1 >ls -ld /dev/sda2 > >Seth > > >On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 12:17 PM, Sweetser, Joe <JSweetser@xxxxxxxx> wrote: >A bit of strangeness on a new server. > >$ cat /etc/redhat-release >Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.1 (Santiago) > >Systems team had the system up but could not get a 10gb ethernet card to work. > However, the output of df -h was normal when logged in as the oracle user. > >They did something yesterday (new card at a minimum) and now the 10gb >interface works but the df command throws an error (though it does complete). >This doesn't appear to be causing any issues but it does bug me a bit. I >can't find much online about the error other than the grub file down that tree is needed for booting. > >(oracle) >$ df -h >Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on >/dev/sda7 73G 5.5G 64G 8% / >tmpfs 95G 88K 95G 1% /dev/shm >/dev/sda2 200M 24M 176M 12% /boot >df: `/boot/efi': Permission denied >/dev/sda6 97G 22G 71G 24% /opt >/dev/sda3 842G 4.7G 794G 1% /u01 >/dev/sda4 842G 58G 742G 8% /u02 >/dev/sda8 837G 7.7G 787G 1% /u03 >/dev/sdb1 2.8T 58G 2.6T 3% /u04 > >(root) ># df -h >Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on >/dev/sda7 73G 5.5G 64G 8% / >tmpfs 95G 88K 95G 1% /dev/shm >/dev/sda2 200M 24M 176M 12% /boot >/dev/sda1 200M 256K 200M 1% /boot/efi >/dev/sda6 97G 22G 71G 24% /opt >/dev/sda3 842G 4.7G 794G 1% /u01 >/dev/sda4 842G 58G 742G 8% /u02 >/dev/sda8 837G 7.7G 787G 1% /u03 >/dev/sdb1 2.8T 58G 2.6T 3% /u04 > ># ls -ld /boot >drwx------ 4 root root 16384 Dec 31 1969 /boot > ># ls -ld /boot/efi >drwx------ 3 root root 16384 Dec 31 1969 /boot/efi > >Any/all ideas/comments welcome. > >Thanks, >-joe > > >Confidentiality Note: This message contains information that may be >confidential and/or privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, you >should not use, copy, disclose, distribute or take any action based on this >message. If you have received this message in error, please advise the sender immediately by reply email and delete this message. Although ICAT, Underwriters at Lloyd's, Syndicate 4242, scans e-mail and attachments for viruses, it does not guarantee that either are virus-free and accepts no liability for any damage sustained as a result of viruses. Thank you. >-- >//www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > >