> > I'm trying to get the wordPerfect demo up and running, but when I > try to run the setup executable (./Runme) I get a permission denied. the > file is executable, I own it, I own the directory, I tried as root and > non-root alike. The directory is not mounted on my main partition (if > that has anything to do with it. No executable files will run in this > directory. What's going on?
Run the `mount' command and check if the disk the script is running on is mounted with the `noexec' option (might be useful for vfat partitions and the like). Also check if the directory you are going to write to is mounted rw (not ro), and if that directory is writable. HTH, Eric -- E.L. Meijer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) | tel. office +31 40 2472189 Eindhoven Univ. of Technology | tel. lab. +31 40 2475032 Lab. for Catalysis and Inorg. Chem. (TAK) | tel. fax +31 40 2455054