Can't Change File Permissions in Terminal on a File
 

Trying to install latest cmake (v2.8.8) on N900....having weird problem trying to get the bootstrap script to run....

When I tried to run the script, I got 'permission denied'....

So, tried running script as root, still problem....

Checked permissions and it was:
So, I tried changing permissions to allow execution by doing:
So, then I tried:


No go....so tried changing ownership:

But still no go.....tried a few other attempts to change permissions after that....but nothing works....

What should I do in order to be able to execute this script????

Thanks for any help!

Mark

Re: Can't Change File Permissions in Terminal on a File
 

HI ArchiMark.
look im not an expert with this but try chmod +x and maybe that script you are trying to run should be in /home/user and not MyDocs if it is i dont know if this got any meaning ???:p :D

./sifo

Re: Can't Change File Permissions in Terminal on a File
 

That worked!

Thanks!

Re: Can't Change File Permissions in Terminal on a File
 

well ArchiMark that was a brain fart :D but which one worked moving the script or chmod +x ?? + im happy i could help ;)

Re: Can't Change File Permissions in Terminal on a File
 

Probably the combination of the two. MyDocs is a FAT32 partition, which doesn't support permissions, so doing a chmod doesn't actually do anything. Once the file is moved, it can then be made executable and everything works. :)

Re: Can't Change File Permissions in Terminal on a File
 

yeah i know that but i didnt expect it to work ;)

Re: Can't Change File Permissions in Terminal on a File
 

I did both, sifo....just assumed that was what you meant....

Re: Can't Change File Permissions in Terminal on a File
 

what about chmod +x /opt/myapp/script.sh? it shoud work?

Re: Can't Change File Permissions in Terminal on a File
 

why bumping old threads?

Re: Can't Change File Permissions in Terminal on a File
 

:confused: I'm always cautious of being off-topic. Didn't know that "bump" old threads was prohibited too.

Sorry, private messages from now on