This is probably an easy problem but i can't figure it out.
I put my /home/myhome directory on a different partition of my disk (called /gamma, which is mounted atomaticly) and linked it with a symbolic link into /home. (ln -s)

everything is fine so far, home behaves as if it was still on the root-partition.
but: i cannot execute shell-scripts from there anymore.
$ ./foo.sh
-bash: ./foo.sh: bin/bash: bad interpreter: Permission denied

i changed the owner of the symbolic link but with no success with the scripts.

besides i can runn scripts from /tmp which is on the root partition. somehow bash can´t access my home directory on the other partition via the symbolic link.

sorry about writing so much. if anyone has an idea, i would be quite happy.

cheerio

assuming "-bash: ./foo.sh: bin/bash: bad interpreter: Permission denied" is a typo, then you need to check the execute permissions on the file, if not somethign seems to be up with your script, maybe you're using relative file paths for the shebang at the start? it does ask for bin/bash not /bin/bash...

ok, but the execute rights for the scripts are all right.

what gives me a cue is that i can actually run the scripts from my home with:
# bash ./foo.sh
but not with
# ./foo.sh which i can from any directory on the root partition.
somehow bash doesn't reach on my /gamma partition via the symbolic link??

how can i change this and be able to run scripts from home without explicitely calling the bash?

TIA

Hi
what is the output from your path command?

cheers

i am awfully sorry but i don't know which output of a path command you mean?

hasta la proxima

type :
$PATH
some people insist you type :
echo $PATH

either way, you will end up with your answer ;-)

well yes, now i have two versions:

echo $PATH
/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/opt/bin:/usr/i686-pc-linux-gnu/
gcc-bin/3.2:/opt/Acrobat5:/usr/X11R6/bin:/opt/blackdown-
jdk-1.4.1/bin:/opt/blackdown-jdk-1.4.1/jre/bin:/usr/qt/3/bin:/
usr/kde/3.1/bin

$PATH
-bash: /bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/opt/bin:/usr/i686-pc-linux-gnu/
gcc-bin/3.2:/opt/Acrobat5:/usr/X11R6/bin:/opt/blackdown-jdk-1.4.
1/bin:/opt/blackdown-jdk-1.4.1/jre/bin:/usr/qt/3/bin:/usr/kde/3.1/bin:
No such file or directory

and now?

I have the same problem, it was a "noexec" option
over the partition where the script exists.

I changed the /etc/fstab file and remount the partition
with the right option, like "mount -o remount,exec /partition"
fix the problem.

mmunoz@ademn.cl