Microsoft KB Archive/891503

= FIX: You may receive a &quot;Permission Denied&quot; error message when you try to use the ls or cd command from a Terminal Services session =

Article ID: 891503

Article Last Modified on 11/15/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows Services for UNIX 3.5

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SYMPTOMS
Consider the following scenario. You have a Microsoft Windows 2000-based computer that has Microsoft Windows Services for UNIX 3.5 installed. In Korn Shell or in C Shell, you try to use the ls command or the cd command in the root directory of the file system. In this scenario, you may receive the following error message when :

Permission Denied

This problem occurs when the following conditions are true:
 * You use a Terminal Services session to connect to a remote Windows 2000-based computer that has Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 (SP4) installed.
 * You use a non-administrator account to run the ls command or the cd command in Korn Shell or in C Shell from the Terminal Services session.

Note You do not experience this problem when one of the following conditions is true:
 * You use an account that is a member of the Administrators group to run the ls command or the cd command.
 * You run the ls command or the cd command from the console.
 * Windows Services for UNIX 3.5 is installed on a Microsoft Windows Server 2003-based computer.



Hotfix information
A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft. However, this hotfix is intended to correct only the problem that this article describes. Apply this hotfix only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem.

To resolve this problem, submit a request to Microsoft Online Customer Services to obtain the hotfix. To submit an online request to obtain the hotfix, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=6294451

Note If additional issues occur or any troubleshooting is required, you might have to create a separate service request. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for this specific hotfix. To create a separate service request, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=support

Prerequisites
To apply this hotfix, you must have Windows Services for UNIX 3.5 installed on the computer.

Restart requirement
You must restart the computer because the hotfix replaces the Portable Operating System Interface for UNIX (POSIX) subsystem.

Hotfix replacement information
This hotfix replaces the following hotfix:

892093 Files appear as directories on a Linux server that is running Samba when you use the ls -l command in a Korn shell in Windows Services for UNIX 3.5

File information
The English version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a bug in the Microsoft products that are listed in the &quot;Applies to&quot; section.



MORE INFORMATION
For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

824684 Description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates

