Bash error

Kinstonian · 04-07-2002, 03:01 PM

I'm trying to run this script to set up my firewall and i'll type

chmod +x rc.firewall.txt
./rc.firewall.txt

and i'll get this error

Bash: ./rc.firewall.txt: bad interpreter: no such file or directory.

I'm root and in the same directory as the rc.firewall.txt..

taz.devil · 04-07-2002, 05:37 PM

You will want to rename it without the .txt since you can't execute a text file. Go to the file and do:

mv rc.firewall.txt rc.firewall

Now you should be able to run ./rc.firewall start|stop or however this script works.

namelocr · 08-08-2002, 08:56 PM

If you are using Linux 7.X, vim is the editor being used.
vim can save a file in both unix and dos format.
When saved in dos format, you will get the 'bad interpreter'
message when trying to run a script that uses the
"#!/path/to/interpreter becasue of the garbage chars in the
file (that vim doesn't show you unless you tell it to).
You can vim the file and issue ":set fileformat=unix" and save.
Then try to execute the script again.

jschiwal · 08-09-2002, 06:31 AM

list the command with
ls -l rc.firewall* and see if it is executable. Is the owner and group set correctly?

Try chmod u+x rc.firewall instead.