RE: [SLE] Permission "problem" with a file in /var/lib/YaST2

If even as root 'ls' returns permission problems, odds are very high you have a corrupted partition. Did you recently have a crash?

I would reboot to the rescue system on the CD/DVD and run an fsck on the partition if I were you, perhaps "reiserfsck --fix-fixable"

Crashes? My laptop? NEVER! :) Just about 50 of them when I was experimenting with different 9.2 configurations to get my laptop running stable (the whole ACPI no-work thing). I'm trying to get a working "split" DVD made that'll install on it - once I reinstall, I'll check the file again. Probably corruption... I do recall a hard-lock while doing a YOU update once.