ls -l
on a folder tries to stat
its contents, whereas ls
doesn't:
$ strace ls folder -l
...
lstat("folder/innerFolder", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=0, ...}) = 0
getxattr("folder/innerFolder", "system.posix_acl_access", 0x0, 0) = -1 ENODATA (No data available)
getxattr("folder/innerFolder", "system.posix_acl_default", 0x0, 0) = -1 ENODATA (No data available)
lstat("folder/innerFile", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=40, ...}) = 0
getxattr("folder/innerFile", "system.posix_acl_access", 0x0, 0) = -1 ENODATA (No data available)
getxattr("folder/innerFile", "system.posix_acl_default", 0x0, 0) = -1 ENODATA (No data available)
...
That's why you get a "permission denied" with ls -l
and not with ls
.