Error listing directory '/root' :: Support Forum

dmnor510
Joined:: 2009-06-17
Posts:: 1

Error listing directory '/root'

2009-06-17 04:04

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

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tmrow Guest

Re: Error listing directory '/root'

2009-06-18 09:10

I have the same problem.

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martin◆ Site Admin
Joined:: 2002-12-10
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Location:: Prague, Czechia

Re: Error listing directory '/root'

2009-06-22

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.

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richardsite Guest

Re: Error listing directory '/root'

2011-07-19 20:56

@dmnor510: Just upgrade

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Sid2 Guest

Same error occuring in Centos 6.2

2012-07-02 01:27

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.

session.log (4.3 KB)

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martin◆ Site Admin

Re: Same error occuring in Centos 6.2

2012-07-02

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

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samerbaer
Joined:: 2012-07-02
Posts:: 4

Similar Error on Android Busybox

2012-07-02 13:52

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.

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martin◆ Site Admin
Joined:: 2002-12-10
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Location:: Prague, Czechia

Re: Similar Error on Android Busybox

2012-07-09

@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.

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samerbaer
Joined:: 2012-07-02
Posts:: 4

Re: Re: Similar Error on Android Busybox

2012-07-10 07:32

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:

drwx------ root     root              2012-06-29 11:06 .ssh
drwxrwxrwx root     root              2012-07-02 13:58 mnt
drwxrwx--x shell    shell             2012-06-26 07:01 tmp
-rwxr-xr-x root     root        77352 2012-06-28 15:15 toolbox

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.