On Thu, 26 Jul 2001, Scott Olfert wrote:
> Hey all,
>
> Why would i be unable to launch the adsl-start script as a user? It's
> permissions are as follows:
>
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root
>
> If i'm reading this correctly, the script then should be readable and
> executable by my user account?
That is correct. rwx by owner (root), rx by group (root), rx by everyone.
> When i try to run it from bash i get "adsl-start: you must be root to run
> this script". Why would i not be able to run this script as user?
Presumably the problem is that something the script attempts to execute is
only runnable by root.
> Thanks for your input, i'm a relative newbie trying to figure out these
> permissions.
>
> Scott
>
>
>
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Travis Olds
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Research Student
Jacaranda Research Group
Department of Computer Science
University of Adelaide
