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Permission Denied when trying to create ISO

Posted: 01 Jan 2013, 14:33
by mlhend2002
Hello again,

I was just wondering if it is something I am doing,I am fairly new to Linux, or a bug, but when I try to create an iso I get Permission denied. I am running under root account.

root@porteus:/mnt/sdb1/porteus# make_iso.sh /home/guest/downloads/proteus.iso-su: ./make_iso.sh: Permission denied

Thanks,

Mark

Re: Permission Denied when trying to create ISO

Posted: 01 Jan 2013, 14:54
by Hamza
Make the make_iso.sh executable with this command

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chmod +x ./make_iso.sh

Re: Permission Denied when trying to create ISO

Posted: 01 Jan 2013, 14:57
by fanthom
@mlhend2002

please post output of 'ls -al' when in /mnt/sdb1/porteus folder.
also

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grep showexec /proc/mounts
you could also try:

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sh make_iso.sh

Re: Permission Denied when trying to create ISO

Posted: 01 Jan 2013, 15:02
by mlhend2002
Adding execute permission was the answer. Now how do you post your post as the answer..haha

Re: Permission Denied when trying to create ISO

Posted: 01 Jan 2013, 15:15
by Hamza
Please add [SOLVED] into your topic title, thanks! :)