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Re: gEDA-user: cdrom install question



On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 02:02:54 +0100
"Kenneth Long" <kelong_2000@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I get a weird response when I execute direct:
> I'm root and execute permissions are on the 
> program "installer.exe".
> 
> bash-2.05b# /mnt/cdrom0/installer.exe --log --verbose
> bash: /mnt/cdrom0/installer.exe: Permission denied
> bash-2.05b# ls -laF  /mnt/cdrom0/installer.exe
> -r-xr-xr-x  1 root root 1264544 Dec 29 15:07
> /mnt/cdrom0/installer.exe*
> bash-2.05b#

check your mounting options of your CDROM. CDROMs are usually mounted
with noexec for security reason. (imagine, one just inserts a CD with a
bash on it with setuid root, and then he gains root access!)

I suggest copying it to some tmp dir in your local disk.

Levente


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