[ale] Odd execute problem

Wandered Inn esoteric at denali.atlnet.com
Wed Apr 21 07:24:38 EDT 1999


What are the perms on /Downloads?

Nomad the Wanderer wrote:
> 
>   I wrote a perl script.  I verified the path in the #! line and I've
> triple checked the perms.
> 
>   If I have the file in /Downloads and execute "./fixsfv"  or
> "/Downloads/fixsfv" I can't execute.  "Permission denied."  If I
> add /Downloads to my path and try either of the above or even just
> call it by path, it fails with the same error.
> 
>   If I copy the file to /usr/local/bin, I can execute it fine.
> 
> fstab:
> /dev/sdb1               /                       ext2    defaults        1 1
> /dev/sde1               /Downloads              ext2    defaults        0 2
> 
> mount:
> /dev/sdb1 on / type ext2 (rw)
> /dev/sde1 on /Downloads type ext2 (rw)
> 
> Thoughts...
>   Robert
> 
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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> 
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> 
> DISCLAIMER:
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> 
> FYI:
>  perl -e 'print $i=pack(c5,(41*2),sqrt(7056),(unpack(c,H)-2),oct(115),10);'

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