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The Linux ls'ls' command and directory privileges - cannot"cannot access /tmp/restricted/foo*: No such file or directorydirectory"

Would anyone be kind enough to explain whyWhy does one command workswork and the other doesn’t? I have found some remotely related articles, but I failed to understand them.

$ sudo ls -la /tmp/restricted
total 12
drwxr-x---.  2 root root    42 Mar 17 17:40 .
drwxrwxrwt. 12 root root 12288 Mar 17 17:37 ..
-rwxrwxr-x.  1 root tms      0 Mar 17 17:22 foo1
-rwxrwxr-x.  1 root tms      0 Mar 17 17:22 foo2
-rwxrwxr-x.  1 root tms      0 Mar 17 17:22 foo3 

$ sudo ls -a /tmp/restricted/foo*
ls: cannot access /tmp/restricted/foo*: No such file or directory
$

Note that if I change the privileges on /tmp/restricted to 755 instead of 750, both commands succeed:

$ sudo chmod 755 /tmp/restricted/ 

$ sudo ls -la /tmp/restricted
total 12
drwxr-xr-x.  2 root root    42 Mar 17 17:40 .
drwxrwxrwt. 12 root root 12288 Mar 17 17:37 ..
-rwxrwxr-x.  1 root tms      0 Mar 17 17:22 foo1
-rwxrwxr-x.  1 root tms      0 Mar 17 17:22 foo2
-rwxrwxr-x.  1 root tms      0 Mar 17 17:22 foo3 

$ sudo ls -a /tmp/restricted/foo*
/tmp/restricted/foo1  /tmp/restricted/foo2  /tmp/restricted/foo3
$

Thank you!

Linux ls command and directory privileges - cannot access /tmp/restricted/foo*: No such file or directory

Would anyone be kind enough to explain why one command works and the other doesn’t? I have found some remotely related articles, but I failed to understand them.

$ sudo ls -la /tmp/restricted
total 12
drwxr-x---.  2 root root    42 Mar 17 17:40 .
drwxrwxrwt. 12 root root 12288 Mar 17 17:37 ..
-rwxrwxr-x.  1 root tms      0 Mar 17 17:22 foo1
-rwxrwxr-x.  1 root tms      0 Mar 17 17:22 foo2
-rwxrwxr-x.  1 root tms      0 Mar 17 17:22 foo3
$ sudo ls -a /tmp/restricted/foo*
ls: cannot access /tmp/restricted/foo*: No such file or directory
$

Note that if I change the privileges on /tmp/restricted to 755 instead of 750, both commands succeed:

$ sudo chmod 755 /tmp/restricted/
$ sudo ls -la /tmp/restricted
total 12
drwxr-xr-x.  2 root root    42 Mar 17 17:40 .
drwxrwxrwt. 12 root root 12288 Mar 17 17:37 ..
-rwxrwxr-x.  1 root tms      0 Mar 17 17:22 foo1
-rwxrwxr-x.  1 root tms      0 Mar 17 17:22 foo2
-rwxrwxr-x.  1 root tms      0 Mar 17 17:22 foo3
$ sudo ls -a /tmp/restricted/foo*
/tmp/restricted/foo1  /tmp/restricted/foo2  /tmp/restricted/foo3
$

Thank you!

The Linux 'ls' command and directory privileges - "cannot access /tmp/restricted/foo*: No such file or directory"

Why does one command work and the other doesn’t? I have found some remotely related articles, but I failed to understand them.

$ sudo ls -la /tmp/restricted
total 12
drwxr-x---.  2 root root    42 Mar 17 17:40 .
drwxrwxrwt. 12 root root 12288 Mar 17 17:37 ..
-rwxrwxr-x.  1 root tms      0 Mar 17 17:22 foo1
-rwxrwxr-x.  1 root tms      0 Mar 17 17:22 foo2
-rwxrwxr-x.  1 root tms      0 Mar 17 17:22 foo3 

$ sudo ls -a /tmp/restricted/foo*
ls: cannot access /tmp/restricted/foo*: No such file or directory

Note that if I change the privileges on /tmp/restricted to 755 instead of 750, both commands succeed:

$ sudo chmod 755 /tmp/restricted/ 

$ sudo ls -la /tmp/restricted
total 12
drwxr-xr-x.  2 root root    42 Mar 17 17:40 .
drwxrwxrwt. 12 root root 12288 Mar 17 17:37 ..
-rwxrwxr-x.  1 root tms      0 Mar 17 17:22 foo1
-rwxrwxr-x.  1 root tms      0 Mar 17 17:22 foo2
-rwxrwxr-x.  1 root tms      0 Mar 17 17:22 foo3 

$ sudo ls -a /tmp/restricted/foo*
/tmp/restricted/foo1  /tmp/restricted/foo2  /tmp/restricted/foo3
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Linux ls command and directory privileges - cannot access /tmp/restricted/foo*: No such file or directory

Would anyone be kind enough to explain why one command works and the other doesn’t? I have found some remotely related articles, but I failed to understand them.

$ sudo ls -la /tmp/restricted
total 12
drwxr-x---.  2 root root    42 Mar 17 17:40 .
drwxrwxrwt. 12 root root 12288 Mar 17 17:37 ..
-rwxrwxr-x.  1 root tms      0 Mar 17 17:22 foo1
-rwxrwxr-x.  1 root tms      0 Mar 17 17:22 foo2
-rwxrwxr-x.  1 root tms      0 Mar 17 17:22 foo3
$ sudo ls -a /tmp/restricted/foo*
ls: cannot access /tmp/restricted/foo*: No such file or directory
$

Note that if I change the privileges on /tmp/restricted to 755 instead of 750, both commands succeed:

$ sudo chmod 755 /tmp/restricted/
$ sudo ls -la /tmp/restricted
total 12
drwxr-xr-x.  2 root root    42 Mar 17 17:40 .
drwxrwxrwt. 12 root root 12288 Mar 17 17:37 ..
-rwxrwxr-x.  1 root tms      0 Mar 17 17:22 foo1
-rwxrwxr-x.  1 root tms      0 Mar 17 17:22 foo2
-rwxrwxr-x.  1 root tms      0 Mar 17 17:22 foo3
$ sudo ls -a /tmp/restricted/foo*
/tmp/restricted/foo1  /tmp/restricted/foo2  /tmp/restricted/foo3
$

Thank you!