diff --git a/pkg/eosclient/eosbinary/eosbinary.go b/pkg/eosclient/eosbinary/eosbinary.go
index aacfcfcf52..7e83d6d03e 100644
--- a/pkg/eosclient/eosbinary/eosbinary.go
+++ b/pkg/eosclient/eosbinary/eosbinary.go
@@ -254,9 +254,10 @@ func (c *Client) executeEOS(ctx context.Context, cmdArgs []string, auth eosclien
 				err = nil
 			case int(syscall.ENOENT):
 				err = errtypes.NotFound(errBuf.String())
-			case int(syscall.EPERM), int(syscall.E2BIG), int(syscall.EINVAL):
+			case int(syscall.EPERM), int(syscall.E2BIG), int(syscall.EINVAL), int(syscall.EACCES):
 				// eos reports back error code 1 (EPERM) when ?
 				// eos reports back error code 7 (E2BIG) when the user is not allowed to read the directory
+				// eos reports back error code 13 (EACCES) wheb the user is not allowed to read the directory in e.g. eos newfind
 				// eos reports back error code 22 (EINVAL) when the user is not allowed to enter the instance
 				err = errtypes.PermissionDenied(errBuf.String())
 			}
@@ -746,7 +747,7 @@ func (c *Client) List(ctx context.Context, auth eosclient.Authorization, path st
 // List the contents of the directory given by path with depth infinity
 func (c *Client) SearchDir(ctx context.Context, auth eosclient.Authorization, searchString string, path string) ([]*eosclient.FileInfo, error) {
 	// TODO(salfagem): path is truncated - i.e. /c/cernbox (not absolute)
-	args := []string{"find", "--fileinfo", "-name", searchString, path}
+	args := []string{"newfind", "--fileinfo", "-name", searchString, path}
 	log := appctx.GetLogger(ctx)
 	log.Debug().Msgf("eosbinary search with args: %s", args)
 	// Safeguard #2 to prevent the search to go to undesired places:
@@ -763,7 +764,12 @@ func (c *Client) SearchDir(ctx context.Context, auth eosclient.Authorization, se
 	// TODO: set a timeout for the find in case it goes out of hand
 	stdout, _, err := c.executeEOS(ctx, args, auth)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "eosclient: error listing fn=%s", path)
+		switch err.(type) {
+		case errtypes.NotFound, errtypes.PermissionDenied:
+			log.Debug().Msgf("eosbinary - user had insufficient permissions to search part of the directory")
+		default:
+			return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "eosclient: error listing fn=%s", path)
+		}
 	}
 	return c.parseFind(ctx, auth, path, stdout)
 }