Cannot access one's own files

[Dotan Cohen]

Now that testing time is over, I'm doing all the support for my
victim's Kubuntu boxen. Sorry for the sudden swarm of threads, I've
got 20+ converts :)

On one particular Kubuntu 8.04 machine, Konqueror randomly does not
let it's user open folders with UTF-8 (non-ASCII) names. In Konsole I
can cd into the folders just fine, but in Konqueror the folders have a
lock icon and return an error that the folder clicked on does not
exist. I'd post the exact error message, but it is not in English.
Reseting the computer solves the problem temporarily, but after some
hours of operation the problem returns.

Note that even though the error message states that the folder does
not exist, the folder does appear in konqueror. I can even right click
it and check it's permissions and ownership in Properties. The
permissions and ownership are as they should be. The folders are
regular folders, not mounted drives.

What could cause this, and how to fix it? Thanks in advance.

Dotan Cohen

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