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I'm on ext4. I have a rogue directory here:

d?????????  ? ?        ?                       ?            ? thisStrangeDirectory/

As root, I can't chmod, chown or stat the directory... it just permission denied to absolutely everything.

Tried: lsattr /home/june/thisStrangeDirectory (Suggested by paladin) Got: lsattr: Permission denied while trying to stat /home/june/thisStrangeDirectory

What can I do with this thing?

bluesquare
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    Make a complete filesystem check first. And make sure that this file/directory has not +i attribute (viewable with lsattr FILENAME). You may remove this attribute with sudo chattr -i FILENAME. – paladin Sep 28 '21 at 14:11
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    What version of Ubuntu? Did you try with sudo? – David Sep 28 '21 at 14:18
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    Check & repair the file system. What file system is it? ext4, NTFS, FAT32 or something else? – sudodus Sep 28 '21 at 14:22
  • @David This is occurring while I'm root. Also tried sudo just to do it. – bluesquare Sep 28 '21 at 14:23
  • @paladin Thanks for your suggestion . Tried it but still perm denied. – bluesquare Sep 28 '21 at 14:26
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    This won't be fixed with normal tools: it is a filesystem error. I assume this is not a mountpoint? If not you need to check the filesystem. see for instance https://askubuntu.com/a/1237483/15811 – Rinzwind Sep 28 '21 at 14:34
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    So the bad file seems to be in your home directory. There is probably an ext4 file system. Boot from another Ubuntu drive, I suggest a USB pendrive with Ubuntu live (the system, that you used to install Ubuntu). Identify the partition where you have your home directory with lsblk -f and df /home and repair it. This link may be helpful. – sudodus Sep 28 '21 at 14:50

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