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Freddy,

Hey, this is the same issue I am having with a mapped cifs share 
(http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2008-08/msg00170.html).  I tested it more 
and when I do a ls *pl, I only see one file.  But if I know the file 
name I can run ls <filename> and it shows up and I can cat the file.  I 
just cannot use the * wildcard to see all files in the directory.  For 
me though, the dir command has the same problem as the ls command.  At 
least I know I am not the only one with this problem.

ski

Freddy Jensen wrote:
> 
> After much experimentation, I had to give up on making
> it work directly with the share on the server.
> 
> Instead I tried to run Samba on a SparcSolaris 9 machine
> and then go through the Samba connection for all access
> to the server. 
> 
> This method works, but it is slower than going directly
> to the server.
> 
> I really wish someone on the cygwin development team
> could spare a few cycles to look into this problem.
> 
> Perhaps it doesn't affect very many people, because
> I haven't seen a whole lot of reports about this
> problem.
> 
> Any further insight will be appreciated.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Freddy
> 
> 
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>> From: Freddy Jensen <jensen AT adobe DOT com>
>> Date: Tue Aug 5 2008 12:54pm
>> To:   "cygwin AT cygwin DOT com" <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
>> Cc:   Freddy Jensen <jensen AT adobe DOT com>
>> Subj: Windows CIFS share "ls: reading directory .: permission denied"
> 
> 
> Around June 2008, there were some posting with the subject:
> 
> Windows CIFS share "ls: reading directory .: permission denied"
> 
> but I don't know if there was a resolution to the problem.
> 
> I am now running into the exact same problem, after I upgraded
> to the latest cygwin version. The problem is that the "ls"
> command isn't able to enumerate directories if they reside on
> a CIFS share on a server. If I know the name of a file on the
> remote share, then I can access it, but ls cannot enumerate
> the directory. The shell, neither bsh nor csh, cannot do it
> either because if I cd to the share and do 'echo *' then it
> just prints *.
> 
> The cmd "dir" command can enumerate the remote directory.
> 
> This leads me to suspect that in a recent release of cygwin,
> the ls command got broken, or some library that supports ls
> got broken. This used to work fine before I upgraded.
> 
> Has anyone else run into this problem?
> 
> Help and advise will be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> --
> Freddy Jensen, Sr. Computer Scientist, Adobe Systems Incorporated
> 345 Park Avenue, San Jose, CA 95110-2704, USA, Ph: (408) 536-2869
> Email: jensen AT adobe DOT com, URL: http://www.adobe.com
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