JOHN H DURRANT wrote:
Hello,
I am running Fedora Core 3 and downloaded a .bin file from a site that I trust. The instructions that came with the file say to double click on the file. When I do this, Fedora tells me that it doesn't know what to do with a .bin file but that the contents look like a shell script. I then let's be browse for the right command to use to open a shell script file. What's the right answer?
Thanks,
John Durrant
Hi All,
John, to execute a file, you need to give it the right permissions. Do this from the command prompt, 'chmod +x filename' minus the quotes from within the directory the file is in. You must be su'd in as root to do this. If you're not, and it's a first, open a terminal, and type su - then enter and then you'll be prompted for your root password. Type the password and then run the commnad I gave above. Hope that helps. Cheers.
Mark Sargent.
