I downloaded a new copy of the setiathome binary. The permissions are 555. Why would adding write permission for the user (and removing execute permissions for group and other) help?
I tried your other suggestion, with the following results: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/files/seti$ bash setiathome setiathome: setiathome: cannot execute binary file [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/files/seti$ ll total 224 -r--r--r-- 1 ntrfug users 6723 Dec 12 2000 README -r--r--r-- 1 ntrfug users 1811 Dec 12 2000 README.xsetiathome -r-xr-xr-x 1 ntrfug users 134072 Dec 12 2000 setiathome -r-xr-xr-x 1 ntrfug users 72308 Dec 12 2000 xsetiathome [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/files/seti$ Kevin On Tue, 24 Sep 2002 08:57:48 -0400 Bijan Soleymani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Might want to try either > bash setiathome > or > chmod 744 setiathome > ./setiathome > > That has happened to me a few times... > > Bijan
