Error “listing directory '/root'” happens due to lack of permission. Use sudo ls /root or sudo -i to access the directory.

Can anyone with access to Busybox contact me on my email address?

@martin: Still in the queue? Android is quite popular, I think.

@samerbaer: Sorry, it's in queue.

Any news on this topic?

@martin: Thanks for the effort, I'll be glad to test any new versions

It's the missing size column for directory entries.
Let me try to solve this.
I'll come back to you.

Hi, thanks for the quick reply.

I just tried the version you've linked but unfortunately it doesn't work yet.
This is the Error Message I get now:

Unexpected directory listing line 'drwxr-xr-x root root 2012-07-10 06:14 acct'.

It seems to still have problems but the "'root' is not a valid integer value" message isn't showing any more.

I just connected with PuTTY and did an ls -la, maybe this helps:

I've seen in the preview, that the message board formating kind of modifies the ls -la output,
so I'll attach a picture of my PuTTY session.

@samerbaer: Thanks for your report.

This issue has been added to the tracker:
Issue 881 – Support for directory listings lacking inode column

I have sent you an email.

Hi, it seems that the ls -la command on an Android busybox is not returning the inode value, here's the error I get:

Unexpected directory listing line 'drwx------ root root 2012-06-29 11:06 .ssh'.
'root' is not a valid integer value

Since I can't switch to SFTP (not implemented) I'd be happy if you could include such a ls -la reply line to your parser.
I've tried to connect with WinSCP 4.3.8 and 5.0.7 beta.

@Sid2: What version of WinSCP are you using? Please make sure you are using the latest one.

I have built a number of Centos 6.2 VM's and the "Unexpected directory listing.... not a valid integer value" error also occur in this release.

I turned on logging and attached the result.

@dmnor510: Just upgrade

Thanks for your post. This issue has been added to the tracker:
Issue 436 – Ignore dot at the end of permissions in Fedora directory listing
You may consider using SFTP instead of SCP meanwhile.

I have the same problem.

Hello:

I upgraded my SSH server to Fedora 11, and when I use WinSCP to connect to it, I get the following error

Error listing directory '/root'

Unexpected directory listing line 'drwxr-x---. 22 root root 4096 Jun 16 17:38 .'.
'.' is not a valid integer value