Louis LeBlanc <fvwm_at_keyslapper.org> writes:
> On 01/10/03 11:20 PM, Dan Espen sat at the `puter and typed:
> > Louis LeBlanc <fvwm_at_keyslapper.org> writes:
> > > On 01/10/03 12:56 PM, Dan Espen sat at the `puter and typed:
> > > > Louis LeBlanc <fvwm_at_keyslapper.org> writes:
> > The permission denied message is an indication of a problem,
> > it shouldn't be happening. I don't know exactly what it is.
> >
> > I guess I'd first look at the permissions on the files.
> > All of them. Then run "file" on each. Then run the whole
> > thing under strace:
> >
> > strace -f /bin/sh /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm 2>/tmp/strace.out
> >
> > Then look in /tmp/strace.out for whats causing the permission
> > denied.
>
> -bash-2.05b$ strace -f /bin/sh /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm 2>/tmp/strace.out
> -bash-2.05b$ cat /tmp/strace.out
> execve("/bin/sh", ["/bin/sh", "/usr/X11R6/bin/xterm"], [/* 19 vars */]) = 0
...
> open("/usr/X11R6/bin/xterm", O_RDONLY) = -1 EACCES (Permission denied)
> break(0x80c3000) = 0
> write(2, "/usr/X11R6/bin/xterm: Can\'t open"..., 73/usr/X11R6/bin/xterm: Can'
> t open /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm: Permission denied) = 73
> exit(2) = ?
> -bash-2.05b$
>
> I'm afraid I don't really understand this. It seems to say it can't
> open /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm in the write call, but that should be the
> case anyway. I shouldn't be able to write to the file itself. One
> thing that could be a problem is that the xterm executable is not
> readable, only executable:
>
> bash-2.05b$ ls -l /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm
> -rws--x--x 1 root wheel 226568 Jan 10 09:19 /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm*
You're reading the strace wrong. Its not writing, it
is trying to open the file for read.
The permissions don't allow read.
As root run the following command:
chmod a+r /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm
Then you should be back in business.
--
Dan Espen E-mail: dane_at_mk.telcordia.com
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Received on Fri Jan 10 2003 - 23:02:39 GMT