Re: [CentOS] Can't run a bash script from USB drive

2008-07-06 Thread Ralph Angenendt
William L. Maltby wrote: > Your blindness is caused by a broken (IMO) search. I also had recently > searched for this and another thread. AFAICT, the "search" button on the > mailing lists intro page only checks archived stuff. I've seen mails archived there before they hit my INBOX. But yes, goog

Re: [CentOS] Can't run a bash script from USB drive

2008-07-04 Thread MHR
On Fri, Jul 4, 2008 at 1:28 PM, William L. Maltby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Fri, 2008-07-04 at 13:15 -0700, MHR wrote: >> On Fri, Jul 4, 2008 at 12:54 PM, William L. Maltby >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > >> > For a sample, search for your name & 2008 and July. NADA! >> > >> >> Well, at

Re: [CentOS] Can't run a bash script from USB drive

2008-07-04 Thread William L. Maltby
On Fri, 2008-07-04 at 13:15 -0700, MHR wrote: > On Fri, Jul 4, 2008 at 12:54 PM, William L. Maltby > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > For a sample, search for your name & 2008 and July. NADA! > > > > Well, at least THAT part works properly How so? Did you not post earlier? ... OH! s/y

Re: [CentOS] Can't run a bash script from USB drive

2008-07-04 Thread MHR
On Fri, Jul 4, 2008 at 12:54 PM, William L. Maltby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > For a sample, search for your name & 2008 and July. NADA! > Well, at least THAT part works properly :-) mhr ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.c

Re: [CentOS] Can't run a bash script from USB drive

2008-07-04 Thread William L. Maltby
On Fri, 2008-07-04 at 10:47 -0700, MHR wrote: > On Fri, Jul 4, 2008 at 1:31 AM, Kai Schaetzl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > MHR, this has been asked already yesterday. *Please* do read other posts! > > > > Strange - I read everything posted in this list. I don't always > understand everything, b

Re: [CentOS] Can't run a bash script from USB drive

2008-07-04 Thread MHR
On Fri, Jul 4, 2008 at 12:31 PM, Kai Schaetzl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It's <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > "Running shell scripts from external media". Maybe it got lost in your > spam filter? > Nope I found the thread in my deleted (read) mail. It only partially answered the question. Spiro's pos

Re: [CentOS] Can't run a bash script from USB drive

2008-07-04 Thread Kai Schaetzl
Mhr wrote on Fri, 4 Jul 2008 10:47:39 -0700: > I ran a search for "usb script" in the archives and did not find > anything - pray tell, where was I so blind? It's <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Running shell scripts from external media". Maybe it got lost in your spam filter? Kai -- Kai Schätzl, Berlin

Re: [CentOS] Can't run a bash script from USB drive

2008-07-04 Thread MHR
On Fri, Jul 4, 2008 at 1:31 AM, Kai Schaetzl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > MHR, this has been asked already yesterday. *Please* do read other posts! > Strange - I read everything posted in this list. I don't always understand everything, but I read them all. I ran a search for "usb script" in the

Re: [CentOS] Can't run a bash script from USB drive

2008-07-04 Thread Kai Schaetzl
MHR, this has been asked already yesterday. *Please* do read other posts! Kai -- Kai Schätzl, Berlin, Germany Get your web at Conactive Internet Services: http://www.conactive.com ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mai

Re: [CentOS] Can't run a bash script from USB drive

2008-07-03 Thread Spiro Harvey, Knossos Networks Ltd
How can I control this (i.e., allow 'exec' on my USB drive(s))? either: mount /media/usb -o remount,exec or more preferable, add exec into the /etc/fstab entry for your usb drive (you might have to create one). It'll look something like: /media/usb /dev/sdb1 vfatexec,user

[CentOS] Can't run a bash script from USB drive

2008-07-03 Thread MHR
I just tried to run a bash script (called "whose") from my USB drive and I get this: bash: /mt/bin/whose: /bin/bash: bad interpreter: Permission denied I did some googling and found that this is because my USB drive is mounted with noexec permission. When I was running FC8, this was not the case