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  From: Rick McQueen-Thomson <rmcqt@mail.mcmedia.com.au>
  To  : Benjamin Close <linux@senet.com.au>
  Date: Thu, 18 Nov 1999 22:45:11 +1100

Re: Caldera Problems as a Newbie

Dear Ben,

	Many thanks for your kind reply.  Unfortunately the problem is a little
more subtle.  We are talking about a file on a commercial CD-ROM which of
course cannot have its permissions changed.  However, for the record, I
checked that point and the permissions are set as +r+x +r+x +r+x, so there
is no problem about the commercial disc.  I really don't think the problem
is a simple lack of permission.

	To add to my argument, I can easily download from the 2nd Caldera disc,
with no problems.  I really don't understand what is going on.  As an
aside, I have contacted the Internet and configured my printers, but this
problem defeats me.

Cheers,   Rick
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
At 09:10 PM 18/11/99 +1030, you wrote:
>On Thu, 18 Nov 1999, Rick McQueen-Thomson wrote:
>
>> 	I am not used to this system or indeed to Linux, so if I offend local
>> mores, please forgive.
>
>We have all had to learn how to use linux :)
>
>> 	I have a problem with Caldera OpenLinux ver 2.3.  I installed it
>> successfully enough on my machine.  As root user, I then tried to mount a
>> WordPerfect ver 8 disc, which was mounted OK.  I then tried to follow the
>> instructions which involved setting the directory to /mnt/cdrom and typing
>> ./install.wp and I got "permission denied" as superuser.  I tried the same
>> with StarOffice 5.1 (cd/mnt/linux/office51 type ./setup) and again got
>> "permission denied".  
>> 
>> 	There is obviously something simple I am missing here, but I don't
>> understand what.  I have tried fairly extensive reading to no avail.  I
>> would be very grateful if someone could point me in the right direction.
>
>It sounds to me like the files do not have the executable permission set.
>Not even root can run a file if it's not executable. A little example...
>
>I have a file called hello which outputs "hello world" now:
>
>ls -l gives:
>-rw-rw-r--   1 root     root           17 Nov 18 21:07 hello
>
>[root@Bytes4U /root]# ./hello
>bash: ./hello: Permission denied
>
>[root@Bytes4U /root]# chmod u+x hello
>[root@Bytes4U /root]# ls -l hello
>-rwxrw-r--   1 root     root           17 Nov 18 21:07 hello
>   ^
>   |-- notice the difference
>
>[root@Bytes4U /root]# ./hello
>hello world
>
>So you can either set the execute permissions as above or type: 
>sh ./filename
>
>Cheers,
>--
>
>* Benjamin Close
>* Benjsc@senet.com.au
>* Web Page: http://users.senet.com.au/~benjsc
>
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