permission denied into $home

[Craig White]

On Sun, 2006-03-26 at 01:25 -0500, Mike wrote:
> Next (related<?>) problem  with this:
> 
> My 'Documents' directory is empty 'unless' I am viewing it through the 'save 
> as' window. The directory and contents of it are now 777 and I still can't 
> view anything (with a terminal emulator or with a gui). Anyone else ever had 
> this problem?Please share how you resolved it.
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many of the 'save as' windows will only show files of the type being
saved - sort of a view by context.

grab a terminal and get a true listing...
ls -l /home/bmike1/Documents

Craig