crontab permission denied

[noe]

hi all
when i try to run a .sh as root i get the following error:
sh: /var/adm/mytest.sh: Execute permission denied.
any ideas?
thanks

[Mel Burslan]

chmod u+x /var/adm/mytest.sh

this should solve your problem

[noe]

thanks i will try it tonight

[avizen9 · Accepted solution]

hello noe,

if you want to run any script thorugh any txt file that file should have execute permission.

before execute that tax file (.sh) you should check it with ls -altr command

you can use chmod +x to make it executable.
below is one executable file example, thanks,
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 5 May 20 10:44 arv

[Suraj K Sankari]

Hi,
>>sh: /var/adm/mytest.sh: Execute permission denied
As Mel said you need to set your file permission executable then only you can run the script.
there are 2 way to set file permission
1.symbolic_mode_list
2.numeric_mode

Make a file executable by everybody:
chmod a+x file

chmod 111 file

For more see man page of chmod

Suraj

[noe]

thanks all, i changed permission to be executable it works now

[avizen9]

Hello Noe,
glad to hear that it works, appriciate if you can assign points who has contribute here, thanks,

[Suraj K Sankari]

Hi,

Nice to here that your problem got solved but make a habit to assign some points who give there valuable time for your problem.

To know how to assign points please go through the below link.


http://forums13.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/helptips.do?#33

Suraj

[Tirtha]

Hi

For execute any file u need to give that file the permision.

eg.
#chmod 777

It will give the full permision to that file.