Can't compile in directories not in PATH

tutwabee · 09-27-2004, 09:05 PM

I am using Slackware 10 and I can compile programs using ./configure and make when I put a folder in /tmp but I can't do so when I have it in my home directory. I also cannot execute any programs using ./something. The error for ./something is:
-bash: ./something: /usr/bin/perl: bad interpreter: Permission denied
OR
-bash: ./something: /bin/sh: bad interpreter: Permission denied

Any ideas?

quatsch · 09-27-2004, 09:17 PM

Is your home directory a separate partition? If it is, what does the line in /etc/fstab look like? If it has noexec in the options, that's probably the problem. You can get rid of the noexec option.

tutwabee · 09-27-2004, 09:20 PM

You are right about it being a seperate partition but it doesn't have noexec anywhere in the line. Here is the line in fstab:

Quote:

/dev/hda5 /home ext3 user,defaults 1 2

tutwabee · 09-27-2004, 09:22 PM

Ahh.. I just realized the line in mtab has noexec. I just took it out and now I'm going to unmount and hope it works. Thanks quatsch

quatsch · 09-27-2004, 09:25 PM

If it is in mtab, then you'll get the problem back when you reboot. You should change the line in /etc/fstab a bit. It should work if you replace the default with whatever is listed in mtab minux noexec.

tutwabee · 09-27-2004, 09:37 PM

I added exec to the fstab line and it works fine now. It now reads:

Quote:

/dev/hda5 /home ext3 user,defaults,exec 1 2