file permission problem

[Adam Myrow]

On Sun, 15 Jan 2006, Charles Hallenbeck wrote:

> hhs48:/var/log/tiger# ls check_rootkit.out.8
> ls: check_rootkit.out.8: Permission denied
> hhs48:/var/log/tiger# lsattr check_rootkit.out.8
> lsattr: Permission denied while trying to stat check_rootkit.out.8
> hhs48:/var/log/tiger# rm -f check_rootkit.out.8
> rm: cannot remove `check_rootkit.out.8': Permission denied

You may have either a failing drive, or corrupt filesystem.  Do a "dmesg" 
and see if there are any strange I/O errors.  Also check /var/log/messages 
for any similar errors.