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Old 03-27-2006
Data Permission 711---RWX---X---X
I have a file with permisson 711; but when an other user run the program, it can't open. This is the message:

/sbin/sh: ./myprogram: cannot open

Can any1 tell me why please?

Thanks!
# 2  
Old 03-27-2006
That "myprogram" file must be a shell script. Shells need to read a file to execute it.
# 3  
Old 03-28-2006
Data
I have a file with permisson 711; but when an other user run the program, it can't open. This is the message:

/sbin/sh: ./myprogram: cannot open

Can any1 tell me why please?


Thanks!


#2 1 Day Ago
Perderabo
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That "myprogram" file must be a shell script. Shells need to read a file to execute it.

Question:

Is this mean in the beginning of the program I have to have:


/sbin/sh

codes
codes
codes
.......

Thanks!
# 4  
Old 03-28-2006
See our faq area for a discussion of the "#!" line and what happens without it. But to the shell, which is a program, a shell script is a data file. The only way a program can know what is in a data file is by reading the data file. There is no magic data that can be placed in a data file to change this fact.
# 5  
Old 03-29-2006
Quote:
Originally Posted by Perderabo
See our faq area for a discussion of the "#!" line and what happens without it. But to the shell, which is a program, a shell script is a data file. The only way a program can know what is in a data file is by reading the data file. There is no magic data that can be placed in a data file to change this fact.
Sorry to get in the middle. I'm trying to learn us much as I can from this forum, so I keep jumping from thread to thread (of course most of them don't make sense to me as I am a newbie)
I went to FAQ section, and read the thread (nice!), but I came up with one question regarding permissions: would it work if the script file had "read" permission but not "execute"? I'm sorry to make such questions, but I'm currently learning UNIX theoretical aspects, as I have limited access to the system.
Thanks,
panchopp.
# 6  
Old 03-29-2006
Without execute permission, the kernel will refuse to execute it. It depends on the shell if you can do stuff like:
shell shellscript
However if the file is already open, the shell will no way to check. So this will work with read permission only with any shell:
shell < shellscript
I do that with one-time shellscripts...it saves a few keystrokes and makes it unlikey that I will accidentally rerun the script.
# 7  
Old 03-29-2006
I see... good info, txs!
 
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