unable to create any directory that uses numbers as the directory name

[Bill Tangren]

Madan Thapa wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> 
> unable to create any directory that uses numbers as the directory name
> 
> 
> root at server [~]# mkdir 123
> mkdir: cannot create directory `123': No such file or directory
> root at server [~]# mkdir 0
> mkdir: cannot create directory `0': No such file or directory
> 
> 
> Filesystem is not in readonly mode becasue I can create dir with a mix of
> numbers and aplhabets.
> 
> root at server [~]# mkdir 1ab
> root at server [~]#
> 
> 
> Please advise.

[root at mach2 ~]# mkdir 123
[root at mach2 ~]# ls -ld 123
drwx------  2 root root 4096 Sep 20 09:09 123
[root at mach2 ~]#

I can. Not sure why you cannot.