[CentOS] bash file direct execution

[Will McDonald]

On 02/08/05, dan1 <dan1 at edenpics.com> wrote:
> So the question is: does anybody know what program is in charge of parsing
> that '#!/bin/sh' information, which apparently makes an error in the parsing

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shebang answers that. 

The "file" package will certainly be needed for this to function
correctly but I imagine your system would be really badly broken
without.

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# rpm -qf magic
file-4.12-1.FC3.1
# rpm -qi file
Name        : file                         Relocations: (not relocatable)
Version     : 4.12                              Vendor: Red Hat, Inc.
Release     : 1.FC3.1                       Build Date: Mon 31 Jan
2005 08:48:36 GMT
Install Date: Mon 21 Mar 2005 12:32:19 GMT      Build Host:
tweety.build.redhat.com
Group       : Applications/File             Source RPM:
file-4.12-1.FC3.1.src.rpm
Size        : 1415765                          License: distributable
Signature   : DSA/SHA1, Mon 31 Jan 2005 17:03:19 GMT, Key ID b44269d04f2a6fd2
Packager    : Red Hat, Inc. <http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla>
Summary     : A utility for determining file types.
Description :
The file command is used to identify a file according to the type of
data it contains. File can identify many different file types,
including ELF binaries, system libraries, RPM packages, and different
graphics formats.
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Peter mentioned the possibility of your partitions being mounted
noexec, what's the output of a "mount" command?

Will.