On Sat, 2013-06-15 at 20:22 +1000, Nikolas Kallis wrote: > When I try to run a program from an optical drive as the 'root' user in > Debian 7.0, I get a permission denied return.
rw- vs rwx [rocketmouse@archlinux Desktop]$ cat demo.sh #!/bin/sh echo "hallo"; exit [rocketmouse@archlinux Desktop]$ ls -l demo.sh -rw-r--r-- 1 rocketmouse rocketmouse 29 Jun 15 14:17 demo.sh [rocketmouse@archlinux Desktop]$ ~/Desktop/demo.sh bash: /home/rocketmouse/Desktop/demo.sh: Permission denied [rocketmouse@archlinux Desktop]$ su Password: [root@archlinux Desktop]# /home/rocketmouse/Desktop/demo.sh bash: /home/rocketmouse/Desktop/demo.sh: Permission denied [root@archlinux Desktop]# exit [rocketmouse@archlinux Desktop]$ chmod a+x ~/Desktop/demo.sh [rocketmouse@archlinux Desktop]$ ls -l demo.sh -rwxr-xr-x 1 rocketmouse rocketmouse 29 Jun 15 14:17 demo.sh [rocketmouse@archlinux Desktop]$ ~/Desktop/demo.sh hallo [rocketmouse@archlinux Desktop]$ su Password: [root@archlinux Desktop]# /home/rocketmouse/Desktop/demo.sh hallo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1371299103.690.2.camel@archlinux