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Old 10-01-2007, 07:30 AM   #1
laucian
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User rights..am i not the root?


Code:
falte:/etc/init.d # ls -l adsm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 522 Oct  1 14:25 adsm

falte:/etc/init.d # whoami
root

falte:/etc/init.d # ./adsm start
bash: ./adsm: Permission denied


what is the problem here?
 
Old 10-01-2007, 07:41 AM   #2
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You have to turn on execute privileges. To do it for root only:
chmod -744 adsm

For everyone:
chmod -755 adsm

"man chmod" for more details on the syntax
 
  


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