[Nohmercy]

Hi All,

I got my hands on an Octane 2 recently and Ive noticed that whenever I am trying to access a folder from shell (while being root user), some folders will say "permission denied". I have checked the permissions of the folder and contents of the folder and they all have read, write, and execute permissions. What could be the cause of this? How do I fix this?

An actual example uploaded in screenshot ( I am trying to cd into my rendered image folder for softimage3d thats located in /N1994/RENDER_PICTURES/)

[Nohmercy]

I think I solved my own issue lol, I just had to type 
cd RENDER_PICTURES
again to go into that directory. Kinda strange since I am not always required to do that to go into subfolders.

[flexion]

btw, you'd better not log in to the desktop as root user. Your root filesystem is already cluttered with stuff that should go in a separated homedir of root instead of /.
Move the root users home directory to a better place than "/"

see https://wiki.irixnet.org/IRIX-Setup-101#...E_for_root

[hamei]

btw, you'd better not log in to the desktop as root user.

This entire Unix thing of permissions is stupid and intensely annoying. IBM had the right idea -- a server operating system and a client operating system. Keep the permissions crap on the server where it serves a purpose, leave that nonsense off the client.

[Nohmercy]

thanks for the tips

[vishnu]

From the "Unix-Haters Manual," not necessarily so true anymore, but historically relevant:

The term "Unix security" is, almost by definition, an oxymoron because the Unix operating system was not designed to be secure, except for the vulnerable and ill-designed root/rootless distinction. Security measures to thwart attack were an afterthought. Thus, when Unix is behaving as expected, it is not secure, and making Unix run "securely" means forcing it to do unnatural acts. It's like the dancing dog at a circus, but not as funny, especially when it is your files that are being eaten by the dog.