Root user cannot access a file despite proper permissions.

Solution Unverified - Updated -

Issue

  • Permissions error while trying to access a file, despite user read permissions, for example:
[root@touhou ~]# ls -la /cirno/9999.file
-rw-r-----. 1 root root 19999 Sept  9 19:09 /cirno/9999.file

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

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