newbie: unable to read folder on mounted disk

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#1

On my OpenSuse 11.3, I mounted a new disk (/dev/sdb wich is on /dev/sdb5) as /mnt/ssd folder

I changed permission of /mnt/ssd to be owned by root, and group users and mod to 777.
drwxrwxrwx 4 root users 4096 2011-05-08 10:08 ssd

I can enter this folder as any user.
Within it, I created folder oradata:
total 20
drwx------ 2 root users 16384 2011-05-07 17:46 lost+found
drw-rw-r-- 2 oracle oinstall 4096 2011-05-08 10:08 oradata

but, I cannot enter folder oradata as any user (only as root)…
why?

this is partition list by fdisk:
Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x3cef705c

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 9689 77826861 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 * 9690 60802 410559488 f W95 Ext’d (LBA)
/dev/sda5 9690 9952 2104319+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda6 9952 12562 20971520 83 Linux
/dev/sda7 12563 60801 387471360 83 Linux

Disk /dev/sdb: 120.0 GB, 120034123776 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 14593 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xd3682591

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 1 14593 117218241 5 Extended
/dev/sdb5 1 14593 117218209+ 83 Linux

tnx

#2

Let us see

cat /etc/fstab

If it’s not added. I would add it, especially if you use kde.

#3

Because directories need the x flag. Otherwise you can’t change to it (except root of course).

As root, try

# chmod a+x /mnt/ssd/oradata