Perry, What does it expect to run it? If it is a shell script (like bash), do this: % bash runInstaller It may have to do with the options given in /etc/fstab for mounting that partition (noexec is the option, I think). HTH, Troy Perry Hoekstra wrote: > > Greet the sun all: > > I have an install script on a CD-ROM that I am unable to execute. An > <ls> shows the following: > > -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 686 Apr 26 21:15 runInstaller > > When I try to execute the script (as root), I get a: > > bash: ./runInstaller: Permission denied > > Can I do anything in order to run the script? > > -- > Perry Hoekstra > E-Commerce Architect > Talent Software Services > dutchman at mn.uswest.net > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org > For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org -- Troy Johnson mailto:john1536 at tc.umn.edu http://umn.edu/~john1536/ No matter how one approaches the figures, one is forced to the rather startling conclusion that the use of firearms in crime was very much less when there were no controls of any sort and when anyone, convicted criminal or lunatic, could buy any type of firearm without restriction. Half a century of strict controls on pistols has ended, perversely, with a far greater use of this weapon in crime than ever before. -- Colin Greenwood, in the study "Firearms Control", 1972 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org