files with strange permissions and attribute

[McDougall, Marshall (FSH)]

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>[mailto:redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of BERES Laszlo
>Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2007 2:25 PM
>To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
>Subject: Re: files with strange permissions and attribute
>
>Ali, Saqib wrote:
>
>> I am not a sysadmin. Can you please provide the syntax for this cmd?
>
>Just run lsattr in the problematic directory:
>
>[root at station8 ~]# lsattr
>------------- ./anaconda-ks.cfg
>------------- ./install.log
>------------- ./install.log.syslog
>
>If you see any other things in the first fields that above, it means
>somebody modified some extended attributes.
>
>The other solution might be disk problem, so:
>
>> which logs should I be looking at?
>
>Open /var/log/messages and look for something like this:
>
>Jun  7 17:42:09 station8 smartd[2424]: Device: /dev/hda, is SMART
>capable. Adding to "monitor" list.
>
>If you see smartd error messages, then replace your hard 
>drive(s) quickly.
>
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>BÉRES László     RHCE, RHCX
>senior IT engineer, trainer
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I would not be so hasty to replace HDD's based on smartd messages.  Many HW Raid controllers are not SMART compliant and will post erroneous messages.

Regards, Marshall