I have been trying to set up this server so that it will mount user information from either another place on the computer or from another server all together. In the end, I hope every user will be able to use sage with out error. Bob (me) is a super user whose /home/bob is mounted from somewhere else on the computer using autofs. (I have not yet figured out the mounting from the other server.) While in /home/ bob, I can run sage by typing
prompt$: sudo sage But I cannot run sage normally prompt$: sage The error in the OP shows up. Could autofs be affecting sage permissions somehow? Thanks On Aug 18, 4:04 pm, Simon King <simon.k...@nuigalway.ie> wrote: > Hi! > > On 17 Aug., 17:41, mrotsliah <mrotsl...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I followed the instructions for System-wide install found here > > >http://www.sagemath.org/doc/installation/source.html#installation-in-... > > > When I log on to the server, I try to run sage, and I see the output > > below. There is no folder /home/bob/.sage/ipython. Hitting RETURN at > > the end of the code outputs hundreds of lines stuff. > > > How would I fix this problem? Thanks. > > > $.: sage > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > | Sage Version 4.1.1, Release Date: 2009-08-14 | > > | Type notebook() for the GUI, and license() for information. | > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > cp: cannot stat `/home/bob/.sage/ipython': Permission denied > > ... > > If I am not mistaken, /home/bob/.sage/ipython is a folder that should > normally be generated once the user "bob" starts sage for the first > time. It contains certain data that bob creates in his Sage sessions, > both including permanent data that remain even after upgrading Sage, > and temporary data that are deleted when Sage is terminated. > > And apparently you have no write permission in bob's home directory, > which is indeed strange -- because either you are bob, hence, shoud > have write permission in your home, or you are not bob, and so why > would Sage try to write in his home directory on your behalf? > > Best regards, > Simon --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to sage-support@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to sage-support-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-support URLs: http://www.sagemath.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
