On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 12:05:21PM -0400, R. G. Newbury wrote: > From: "R. G. Newbury" <newbury@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: "Permission Denied" error for root user when perms are 0775? > To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Message-ID: <48B27255.9030204@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > >Weird problem. > >I downloaded an svn version of mythtv, cd'd to the folder, and tried to > >run './configure --help', Got a 'Permission Denied' error. > > >I am root and the permissions were and are 0775...chmod changes > >nothing, even trying 0777. > > >Does anyone have any idea what is going on? The directory is on a 'rw' > >partition, since I just downloaded to it, using a script. But the > >configure script itself will not run. I changed the first line from: > >#!/bin/sh to #!/bin/bash > no change. > > More data points. I don't think this has anything to do with the > 'configure' script. It's an error in what bash is running. There is > something wrong with the libraries, I think. > > Backing up a little. This is a brand new install of Fedora 8. I ended up > wiping everything from the prior setup, which had become messed up > sometime in the 70 days mythtv was up. > Re-formatted and installed everything, including taking 4 hours for the > 'yum update' and loading the mythtv dependencies. Then a new svn of > mythtv. But bash will not run the configure script. > > I tried using the fedora recovery route and THIS IS WEIRD! If I ran > './mnt/sysimage/keep/mythtv/configure --help' IT RAN. So the bash + > libraries of the recovery environment, ARE DIFFERENT than the installed > versions. It is almost as if the installed 'root' login is not a > privileged user. (Makes no difference if I try a different session, with > the 'mythtv' user. It IS something in bash or the libraries it calls. > > SO How do I track down what is wrong? On a quick pass, all of the > libraries appear to have the same (correct???) permissions. If there a > trace or something which can find the breakdown? (Google isn't too > useful at this level). > > More data. Selinux is disabled. For this, the firewall was disabled. > Booted into run-level 5, using a terminal, kernel is new, updated to > 2.6.25-??? 69...latest. As noted, this is a brand new bare-metal (well, > the metal that counts) install. > Geoff > Check the permissions of all the directories in the path leading to the executable generating the 'permission denied' message. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
