After a system crash, typing an non-existing command throws a Permission denied (os error 13) which turns out to come from cnf.
Running strace -f -e trace=file cnf --help yields the following:
execve("/usr/bin/cnf", ["cnf", "--help"], 0x7ffd785a5bd0 /* 82 vars */) = 0
access("/etc/ld.so.preload", R_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/lib64/libgcc_s.so.1", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/lib64/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/proc/self/maps", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/usr/lib/locale/locale-archive", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/usr/share/locale/locale.alias", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/usr/lib/locale/en_US.utf8/LC_IDENTIFICATION", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/usr/lib64/gconv/gconv-modules.cache", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/usr/lib/locale/en_US.utf8/LC_MEASUREMENT", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/usr/lib/locale/en_US.utf8/LC_TELEPHONE", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/usr/lib/locale/en_US.utf8/LC_ADDRESS", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/usr/lib/locale/en_US.utf8/LC_NAME", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/usr/lib/locale/en_US.utf8/LC_PAPER", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/usr/lib/locale/en_US.utf8/LC_MESSAGES", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/usr/lib/locale/en_US.utf8/LC_MESSAGES/SYS_LC_MESSAGES", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/usr/lib/locale/en_US.utf8/LC_MONETARY", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/usr/lib/locale/en_US.utf8/LC_COLLATE", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/usr/lib/locale/en_US.utf8/LC_TIME", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/usr/lib/locale/en_US.utf8/LC_NUMERIC", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/usr/lib/locale/en_US.utf8/LC_CTYPE", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
statx(AT_FDCWD, "/usr/bin/--help", AT_STATX_SYNC_AS_STAT, STATX_ALL, 0x7ffc127f9f60) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
statx(0, NULL, AT_STATX_SYNC_AS_STAT, STATX_ALL, NULL) = -1 EFAULT (Bad address)
statx(AT_FDCWD, "/usr/sbin/--help", AT_STATX_SYNC_AS_STAT, STATX_ALL, 0x7ffc127f9f60) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
statx(AT_FDCWD, "/", AT_STATX_SYNC_AS_STAT, STATX_ALL, {stx_mask=STATX_ALL|STATX_MNT_ID|STATX_SUBVOL, stx_attributes=STATX_ATTR_MOUNT_ROOT, stx_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, stx_size=156, ...}) = 0
statx(AT_FDCWD, "/etc", AT_STATX_SYNC_AS_STAT, STATX_ALL, {stx_mask=STATX_ALL|STATX_MNT_ID|STATX_SUBVOL, stx_attributes=0, stx_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, stx_size=5082, ...}) = 0
statx(AT_FDCWD, "/etc", AT_STATX_SYNC_AS_STAT, STATX_ALL, {stx_mask=STATX_ALL|STATX_MNT_ID|STATX_SUBVOL, stx_attributes=0, stx_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, stx_size=5082, ...}) = 0
statx(AT_FDCWD, "/etc/zypp", AT_STATX_SYNC_AS_STAT, STATX_ALL, {stx_mask=STATX_ALL|STATX_MNT_ID|STATX_SUBVOL, stx_attributes=0, stx_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, stx_size=282, ...}) = 0
statx(AT_FDCWD, "/etc/zypp", AT_STATX_SYNC_AS_STAT, STATX_ALL, {stx_mask=STATX_ALL|STATX_MNT_ID|STATX_SUBVOL, stx_attributes=0, stx_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, stx_size=282, ...}) = 0
statx(AT_FDCWD, "/etc/zypp/repos.d", AT_STATX_SYNC_AS_STAT, STATX_ALL, {stx_mask=STATX_ALL|STATX_MNT_ID|STATX_SUBVOL, stx_attributes=0, stx_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, stx_size=1088, ...}) = 0
statx(AT_FDCWD, "/etc/zypp/repos.d", AT_STATX_SYNC_AS_STAT, STATX_ALL, {stx_mask=STATX_ALL|STATX_MNT_ID|STATX_SUBVOL, stx_attributes=0, stx_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, stx_size=1088, ...}) = 0
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/etc/zypp/repos.d", O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK|O_CLOEXEC|O_DIRECTORY) = 3
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/etc/zypp/repos.d/Education.repo", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
statx(AT_FDCWD, "/", AT_STATX_SYNC_AS_STAT, STATX_ALL, {stx_mask=STATX_ALL|STATX_MNT_ID|STATX_SUBVOL, stx_attributes=STATX_ATTR_MOUNT_ROOT, stx_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, stx_size=156, ...}) = 0
statx(AT_FDCWD, "/var", AT_STATX_SYNC_AS_STAT, STATX_ALL, {stx_mask=STATX_ALL|STATX_MNT_ID|STATX_SUBVOL, stx_attributes=STATX_ATTR_MOUNT_ROOT, stx_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, stx_size=110, ...}) = 0
statx(AT_FDCWD, "/var", AT_STATX_SYNC_AS_STAT, STATX_ALL, {stx_mask=STATX_ALL|STATX_MNT_ID|STATX_SUBVOL, stx_attributes=STATX_ATTR_MOUNT_ROOT, stx_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, stx_size=110, ...}) = 0
statx(AT_FDCWD, "/var/cache", AT_STATX_SYNC_AS_STAT, STATX_ALL, {stx_mask=STATX_ALL|STATX_MNT_ID|STATX_SUBVOL, stx_attributes=0, stx_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, stx_size=198, ...}) = 0
statx(AT_FDCWD, "/var/cache", AT_STATX_SYNC_AS_STAT, STATX_ALL, {stx_mask=STATX_ALL|STATX_MNT_ID|STATX_SUBVOL, stx_attributes=0, stx_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, stx_size=198, ...}) = 0
statx(AT_FDCWD, "/var/cache/zypp", AT_STATX_SYNC_AS_STAT, STATX_ALL, {stx_mask=STATX_ALL|STATX_MNT_ID|STATX_SUBVOL, stx_attributes=0, stx_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, stx_size=58, ...}) = 0
statx(AT_FDCWD, "/var/cache/zypp", AT_STATX_SYNC_AS_STAT, STATX_ALL, {stx_mask=STATX_ALL|STATX_MNT_ID|STATX_SUBVOL, stx_attributes=0, stx_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, stx_size=58, ...}) = 0
statx(AT_FDCWD, "/var/cache/zypp/solv", AT_STATX_SYNC_AS_STAT, STATX_ALL, {stx_mask=STATX_ALL|STATX_MNT_ID|STATX_SUBVOL, stx_attributes=0, stx_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, stx_size=488, ...}) = 0
statx(AT_FDCWD, "/var/cache/zypp/solv", AT_STATX_SYNC_AS_STAT, STATX_ALL, {stx_mask=STATX_ALL|STATX_MNT_ID|STATX_SUBVOL, stx_attributes=0, stx_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, stx_size=488, ...}) = 0
statx(AT_FDCWD, "/var/cache/zypp/solv/Education", AT_STATX_SYNC_AS_STAT, STATX_ALL, {stx_mask=STATX_ALL|STATX_MNT_ID|STATX_SUBVOL, stx_attributes=0, stx_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, stx_size=36, ...}) = 0
statx(AT_FDCWD, "/var/cache/zypp/solv/Education", AT_STATX_SYNC_AS_STAT, STATX_ALL, {stx_mask=STATX_ALL|STATX_MNT_ID|STATX_SUBVOL, stx_attributes=0, stx_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, stx_size=36, ...}) = 0
statx(AT_FDCWD, "/var/cache/zypp/solv/Education/solv", AT_STATX_SYNC_AS_STAT, STATX_ALL, {stx_mask=STATX_ALL|STATX_MNT_ID|STATX_SUBVOL, stx_attributes=0, stx_mode=S_IFREG|0644, stx_size=1267868, ...}) = 0
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/etc/zypp/repos.d/KDE_Extra.repo", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/etc/zypp/repos.d/NVIDIA:repo-non-free.repo", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
statx(AT_FDCWD, "/", AT_STATX_SYNC_AS_STAT, STATX_ALL, {stx_mask=STATX_ALL|STATX_MNT_ID|STATX_SUBVOL, stx_attributes=STATX_ATTR_MOUNT_ROOT, stx_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, stx_size=156, ...}) = 0
statx(AT_FDCWD, "/var", AT_STATX_SYNC_AS_STAT, STATX_ALL, {stx_mask=STATX_ALL|STATX_MNT_ID|STATX_SUBVOL, stx_attributes=STATX_ATTR_MOUNT_ROOT, stx_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, stx_size=110, ...}) = 0
statx(AT_FDCWD, "/var", AT_STATX_SYNC_AS_STAT, STATX_ALL, {stx_mask=STATX_ALL|STATX_MNT_ID|STATX_SUBVOL, stx_attributes=STATX_ATTR_MOUNT_ROOT, stx_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, stx_size=110, ...}) = 0
statx(AT_FDCWD, "/var/cache", AT_STATX_SYNC_AS_STAT, STATX_ALL, {stx_mask=STATX_ALL|STATX_MNT_ID|STATX_SUBVOL, stx_attributes=0, stx_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, stx_size=198, ...}) = 0
statx(AT_FDCWD, "/var/cache", AT_STATX_SYNC_AS_STAT, STATX_ALL, {stx_mask=STATX_ALL|STATX_MNT_ID|STATX_SUBVOL, stx_attributes=0, stx_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, stx_size=198, ...}) = 0
statx(AT_FDCWD, "/var/cache/zypp", AT_STATX_SYNC_AS_STAT, STATX_ALL, {stx_mask=STATX_ALL|STATX_MNT_ID|STATX_SUBVOL, stx_attributes=0, stx_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, stx_size=58, ...}) = 0
statx(AT_FDCWD, "/var/cache/zypp", AT_STATX_SYNC_AS_STAT, STATX_ALL, {stx_mask=STATX_ALL|STATX_MNT_ID|STATX_SUBVOL, stx_attributes=0, stx_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, stx_size=58, ...}) = 0
statx(AT_FDCWD, "/var/cache/zypp/solv", AT_STATX_SYNC_AS_STAT, STATX_ALL, {stx_mask=STATX_ALL|STATX_MNT_ID|STATX_SUBVOL, stx_attributes=0, stx_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, stx_size=488, ...}) = 0
statx(AT_FDCWD, "/var/cache/zypp/solv", AT_STATX_SYNC_AS_STAT, STATX_ALL, {stx_mask=STATX_ALL|STATX_MNT_ID|STATX_SUBVOL, stx_attributes=0, stx_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, stx_size=488, ...}) = 0
statx(AT_FDCWD, "/var/cache/zypp/solv/NVIDIA:repo-non-free", AT_STATX_SYNC_AS_STAT, STATX_ALL, {stx_mask=STATX_ALL|STATX_MNT_ID|STATX_SUBVOL, stx_attributes=0, stx_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, stx_size=36, ...}) = 0
statx(AT_FDCWD, "/var/cache/zypp/solv/NVIDIA:repo-non-free", AT_STATX_SYNC_AS_STAT, STATX_ALL, {stx_mask=STATX_ALL|STATX_MNT_ID|STATX_SUBVOL, stx_attributes=0, stx_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, stx_size=36, ...}) = 0
statx(AT_FDCWD, "/var/cache/zypp/solv/NVIDIA:repo-non-free/solv", AT_STATX_SYNC_AS_STAT, STATX_ALL, {stx_mask=STATX_ALL|STATX_MNT_ID|STATX_SUBVOL, stx_attributes=0, stx_mode=S_IFREG|0644, stx_size=283835, ...}) = 0
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/etc/zypp/repos.d/Tumbleweed_Non-OSS.repo", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
statx(AT_FDCWD, "/", AT_STATX_SYNC_AS_STAT, STATX_ALL, {stx_mask=STATX_ALL|STATX_MNT_ID|STATX_SUBVOL, stx_attributes=STATX_ATTR_MOUNT_ROOT, stx_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, stx_size=156, ...}) = 0
statx(AT_FDCWD, "/var", AT_STATX_SYNC_AS_STAT, STATX_ALL, {stx_mask=STATX_ALL|STATX_MNT_ID|STATX_SUBVOL, stx_attributes=STATX_ATTR_MOUNT_ROOT, stx_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, stx_size=110, ...}) = 0
statx(AT_FDCWD, "/var", AT_STATX_SYNC_AS_STAT, STATX_ALL, {stx_mask=STATX_ALL|STATX_MNT_ID|STATX_SUBVOL, stx_attributes=STATX_ATTR_MOUNT_ROOT, stx_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, stx_size=110, ...}) = 0
statx(AT_FDCWD, "/var/cache", AT_STATX_SYNC_AS_STAT, STATX_ALL, {stx_mask=STATX_ALL|STATX_MNT_ID|STATX_SUBVOL, stx_attributes=0, stx_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, stx_size=198, ...}) = 0
statx(AT_FDCWD, "/var/cache", AT_STATX_SYNC_AS_STAT, STATX_ALL, {stx_mask=STATX_ALL|STATX_MNT_ID|STATX_SUBVOL, stx_attributes=0, stx_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, stx_size=198, ...}) = 0
statx(AT_FDCWD, "/var/cache/zypp", AT_STATX_SYNC_AS_STAT, STATX_ALL, {stx_mask=STATX_ALL|STATX_MNT_ID|STATX_SUBVOL, stx_attributes=0, stx_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, stx_size=58, ...}) = 0
statx(AT_FDCWD, "/var/cache/zypp", AT_STATX_SYNC_AS_STAT, STATX_ALL, {stx_mask=STATX_ALL|STATX_MNT_ID|STATX_SUBVOL, stx_attributes=0, stx_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, stx_size=58, ...}) = 0
statx(AT_FDCWD, "/var/cache/zypp/solv", AT_STATX_SYNC_AS_STAT, STATX_ALL, {stx_mask=STATX_ALL|STATX_MNT_ID|STATX_SUBVOL, stx_attributes=0, stx_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, stx_size=488, ...}) = 0
statx(AT_FDCWD, "/var/cache/zypp/solv", AT_STATX_SYNC_AS_STAT, STATX_ALL, {stx_mask=STATX_ALL|STATX_MNT_ID|STATX_SUBVOL, stx_attributes=0, stx_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, stx_size=488, ...}) = 0
statx(AT_FDCWD, "/var/cache/zypp/solv/Tumbleweed_Non-OSS", AT_STATX_SYNC_AS_STAT, STATX_ALL, {stx_mask=STATX_ALL|STATX_MNT_ID|STATX_SUBVOL, stx_attributes=0, stx_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, stx_size=36, ...}) = 0
statx(AT_FDCWD, "/var/cache/zypp/solv/Tumbleweed_Non-OSS", AT_STATX_SYNC_AS_STAT, STATX_ALL, {stx_mask=STATX_ALL|STATX_MNT_ID|STATX_SUBVOL, stx_attributes=0, stx_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, stx_size=36, ...}) = 0
statx(AT_FDCWD, "/var/cache/zypp/solv/Tumbleweed_Non-OSS/solv", AT_STATX_SYNC_AS_STAT, STATX_ALL, {stx_mask=STATX_ALL|STATX_MNT_ID|STATX_SUBVOL, stx_attributes=0, stx_mode=S_IFREG|0644, stx_size=38340, ...}) = 0
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/etc/zypp/repos.d/Tumbleweed_OSS.repo", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
statx(AT_FDCWD, "/", AT_STATX_SYNC_AS_STAT, STATX_ALL, {stx_mask=STATX_ALL|STATX_MNT_ID|STATX_SUBVOL, stx_attributes=STATX_ATTR_MOUNT_ROOT, stx_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, stx_size=156, ...}) = 0
statx(AT_FDCWD, "/var", AT_STATX_SYNC_AS_STAT, STATX_ALL, {stx_mask=STATX_ALL|STATX_MNT_ID|STATX_SUBVOL, stx_attributes=STATX_ATTR_MOUNT_ROOT, stx_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, stx_size=110, ...}) = 0
statx(AT_FDCWD, "/var", AT_STATX_SYNC_AS_STAT, STATX_ALL, {stx_mask=STATX_ALL|STATX_MNT_ID|STATX_SUBVOL, stx_attributes=STATX_ATTR_MOUNT_ROOT, stx_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, stx_size=110, ...}) = 0
statx(AT_FDCWD, "/var/cache", AT_STATX_SYNC_AS_STAT, STATX_ALL, {stx_mask=STATX_ALL|STATX_MNT_ID|STATX_SUBVOL, stx_attributes=0, stx_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, stx_size=198, ...}) = 0
statx(AT_FDCWD, "/var/cache", AT_STATX_SYNC_AS_STAT, STATX_ALL, {stx_mask=STATX_ALL|STATX_MNT_ID|STATX_SUBVOL, stx_attributes=0, stx_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, stx_size=198, ...}) = 0
statx(AT_FDCWD, "/var/cache/zypp", AT_STATX_SYNC_AS_STAT, STATX_ALL, {stx_mask=STATX_ALL|STATX_MNT_ID|STATX_SUBVOL, stx_attributes=0, stx_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, stx_size=58, ...}) = 0
statx(AT_FDCWD, "/var/cache/zypp", AT_STATX_SYNC_AS_STAT, STATX_ALL, {stx_mask=STATX_ALL|STATX_MNT_ID|STATX_SUBVOL, stx_attributes=0, stx_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, stx_size=58, ...}) = 0
statx(AT_FDCWD, "/var/cache/zypp/solv", AT_STATX_SYNC_AS_STAT, STATX_ALL, {stx_mask=STATX_ALL|STATX_MNT_ID|STATX_SUBVOL, stx_attributes=0, stx_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, stx_size=488, ...}) = 0
statx(AT_FDCWD, "/var/cache/zypp/solv", AT_STATX_SYNC_AS_STAT, STATX_ALL, {stx_mask=STATX_ALL|STATX_MNT_ID|STATX_SUBVOL, stx_attributes=0, stx_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, stx_size=488, ...}) = 0
statx(AT_FDCWD, "/var/cache/zypp/solv/Tumbleweed_OSS", AT_STATX_SYNC_AS_STAT, STATX_ALL, {stx_mask=STATX_ALL|STATX_MNT_ID|STATX_SUBVOL, stx_attributes=0, stx_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, stx_size=36, ...}) = 0
statx(AT_FDCWD, "/var/cache/zypp/solv/Tumbleweed_OSS", AT_STATX_SYNC_AS_STAT, STATX_ALL, {stx_mask=STATX_ALL|STATX_MNT_ID|STATX_SUBVOL, stx_attributes=0, stx_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, stx_size=36, ...}) = 0
statx(AT_FDCWD, "/var/cache/zypp/solv/Tumbleweed_OSS/solv", AT_STATX_SYNC_AS_STAT, STATX_ALL, {stx_mask=STATX_ALL|STATX_MNT_ID|STATX_SUBVOL, stx_attributes=0, stx_mode=S_IFREG|0644, stx_size=27918753, ...}) = 0
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/etc/zypp/repos.d/cuda-opensuse15-x86_64.repo", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/etc/zypp/repos.d/games.repo", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = -1 EACCES (Permission denied)
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/usr/share/locale-langpack/en_US.utf8/LC_MESSAGES/libc.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/usr/share/locale/en_US.utf8/LC_MESSAGES/libc.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/usr/share/locale-langpack/en_US/LC_MESSAGES/libc.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/usr/share/locale/en_US/LC_MESSAGES/libc.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/usr/share/locale-langpack/en.utf8/LC_MESSAGES/libc.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/usr/share/locale/en.utf8/LC_MESSAGES/libc.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/usr/share/locale-langpack/en/LC_MESSAGES/libc.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/usr/share/locale/en/LC_MESSAGES/libc.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
Permission denied (os error 13)
+++ exited with 127 +++
The file /usr/share/locale-langpack/en/LC_MESSAGES/libc.mo does not exist and is not provided by any package. How can this file be regenerated?