I am logged in as root and am trying to execute a file called x_cleanup_equdata but keep getting the message
ksh: x_cleanup_equdataNEW: 0403-006 Execute permission denied.
I did FTP this file from another server using GET, would this make the difference?
I tried chmod 666 but still no luck. any ideas?
Thanks

You was on the right way with chmod .. but you took the wrong numbers: for executing a file you should use 777.

4=read
2=write
1=exec

so If you combine 4 + 2 you come to 6 and thats only read + write ... so add 1 to 7 and exec is also included.

hope this helps
br

Sure does. Thanks. I never used this forum before so was unsure of a response and looked up a unix manual and found the command chmod +x [filename]. This also worked by the way but your way is more descriptive of how to chnage pemrissions.