Hi Philip, Did you get to the bottom of this? This is almost certainly not coreutils - I'm fairly sure pretty much everything in that path walk is done in the kernel.
It's unlikely to be the fsck either. Have you been able to repeat it? Dave ** Changed in: coreutils (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/482978 Title: ls can't cross mounted filesystems with ".." in path To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/coreutils/+bug/482978/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs