root access complains about permission

[Fong Vang <FVang@Zantaz.com>]

Any thoughts as to why permission would be denied for root when 
accessing a file on a ReiserFS file system?  Here's a sample output

[root@sc15-172-31 log]# id

uid=0(root) gid=0(root)
groups=0(root),1(bin),2(daemon),3(sys),4(adm),6(disk),10(wheel)
[root@sc15-172-31 /root]# cd /var/log
[root@sc15-172-31 log]# ls
ls: wtmp: Permission denied
ls: messages: Permission denied
ls: messages.1: Permission denied
ls: messages.2: Permission denied
ls: messages.3: Permission denied
ls: maillog: Permission denied
ls: spooler.1: Permission denied
ls: secure.4: Permission denied
ls: secure: Permission denied
ls: maillog.2: Permission denied
ls: maillog.3: Permission denied


kernel is 2.4.19.  Reiserfs ver 3.6.25.  File system is mounted 
read-write.  No ACL.  This is a production system that's been up for 2-3 
months.  Any help would be appreciated.


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