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Old 09-07-2012
Error Not able to execute an exe file from my location
Hello all,
Am facing a peculiar problem, I have copied a utility exe from a bin folder into my local temp folder. I am trying to execute that exe, but it throws out an error saying "No such file or directory".
I have given 755 & 777 permissions to it and I tried, but it still throws out that error.
I have added my directory into the PATH variable, so that it calls for my exe when I do which <exe name>, it still throws out the same error.

The file had rwxr-sr-x permission in its bin folder, has it to do something with that.

Am unable to fix this issue, could anyone please help me. Smilie

Thanks in advance.

Regards,
Abhishek S.
# 2  
Old 09-07-2012
Hello,
who is the name of exe file?, It had spaces..
# 3  
Old 09-07-2012
777 is not the magic sledgehammer to fix all problems. 755 will do.

'no such file or directory' may not mean the program itself, it might mean it can't find a library it wants. Try ldd /path/to/programname and see if any of the libraries it wants are missing.
# 4  
Old 09-07-2012
Hi Corona688
I have tried checking for the library files which it was checking for, with the help of the same command you have mentioned. The library files exists.

Thanks,
Abhishek S
# 5  
Old 09-07-2012
Could you post its output anyway?

Also, what is your system?

Do you have strace? Maybe the application is trying to open config files you didn't copy with it, or some such.
# 6  
Old 09-12-2012
Hi Corona,
I think it was with respect to a system bit file. That is what my lead said. I escalated the issue and I was nt given the fix for that.
They just gave me a new exe, which works fine. Just wanted to figure it out why it dint work.

I just got an error saying - "No Such File or Directory" when I executed that exe.

But anyway, I thank you for your time on this.

Regards,
Abhishek S.
# 7  
Old 09-17-2012
The issue is the file permission
If you look at the ls output indicating there is a "s" in the group.

rwxr-sr-x

The "s" in the group position indicates that when you execute this program, your group is changed to the owner of this program. From your description, the exe is probably trying to access something that is only accessable by users defined to be in the original owners group.

The detailed descriptions of the issue you are having can be found in sgid file permission.
 
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