I get this..
[root@gateway /]# cd noexistingpath
[root@gateway noexistingpath]# ls -la
total 20
drwx------ 2 pc-mobil pc-mobil 4096 Aug 5 15:02 .
drwxr-xr-x 20 root root 4096 Aug 5 15:02 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 pc-mobil pc-mobil 24 Aug 5 15:02 .bash_logout
-rw-r--r-- 1 pc-mobil pc-mobil 191 Aug 5 15:02 .bash_profile
-rw-r--r-- 1 pc-mobil pc-mobil 124 Aug 5 15:02 .bashrc
[root@gateway noexistingpath]#
Have a look in /etc/passwd for "noexistingpath"
you can do this by:
grep "noexist" /etc/passwd
You will see machine accounts that use this folder.
The shell is set to /bin/false
Hope that helps.