Permission denied

alan_ri · 05-02-2008, 02:53 PM

Can I have your thoughts about this;

Code:

alan@easys:~$ su -
Password:
root@easys:~# cd /home/alan/gcc-4.2.3-i486-1/install
root@easys:/home/alan/gcc-4.2.3-i486-1/install# ./doinst.sh
-su: ./doinst.sh: Permission denied
root@easys:/home/alan/gcc-4.2.3-i486-1/install#

Thank you.

GrapefruiTgirl · 05-02-2008, 02:57 PM

Make sure the script you are trying to execute is executable

(as in 'chmod +x scriptname')

Sasha

T3slider · 05-02-2008, 04:23 PM

Or try `sh ./doinst.sh` if you don't want to make it executable (though I don't know why you wouldn't).

rworkman · 05-02-2008, 09:29 PM

Why are you doing it that way anyhow?
It's wrong, for at least two reasons:
1. You should use installpkg(8) to install packages.
2. If you elect to extract the package contents manually, you would need to do it something like this:

Code:

tar xzf package.tgz -C /
cd /
sh install/doinst.sh

Note that doing it the second way is dumb, but it's your system.

mRgOBLIN · 05-02-2008, 10:40 PM

If after taking the advice from rworkman you still want to execute that script there is a possibility that your home directory is mounted with the "noexec" option.

Code:

mount

will show the current mount points and their options.