> -rw-r--r-- 1 4294967294 4294967294 71 Jul 7 02:06 install_manifest.txt I can think of one explanation for this: - the file is on an NFS mounted file system. - "root" is only allowed to be 0,0 on the local machine - hence for the other (NFS) machine it is user "nobody". - check /etc/passwd for the UID of user "nobody".