Strange error with file access permissions

All,

I am trying to copy some data from /admin/reports/Sept/ccn/c_ivsstr01 to /home/users/myhomedir and I am getting an error I have never seen before:

The file access permissions do not allow the specified action.

The permissions on the file are -rw-r--r-- and I am the owner of the file and it fails. Also, if I try to do it as root I get the same error.

My OS is AIX 5.3 TL 5. Anyone see this before?

Thanks.
-K

What action are you trying to perform?

Are you sure the error refers to that file and not some temporary file, directory etc?

Update:

The issue is resolved now. The files were copied. There was an issue with a mount on the server so the directories were not there.

Thanks for the help.

here's my 2 cents :

1) you may be the owner of the file,
but not the owner of the destination directory ;

2) either the source or destination is an nfs-mounted filesystem,
and root may not be allowed to access that f.s. ;

good luck, and success !
_____________
alexandre botao