On 5/25/2010 6:44 PM, Bowie Bailey wrote:
> Jatin Davey wrote:
>
>> Here is the script that i am trying to execute as a non-root user:
>>
>> #!/bin/sh
>> ps -C java -o thcount>  /home/proc_threads/tempfile
>> awk ' { total += $1 } END { print total } ' /home/proc_threads/tempfile
>>
>> here is the output when i try to execute as a non-root user:
>>
>> ./javathreads: line 2: /home/proc_threads/tempfile: Permission denied
>> awk: cmd. line:1: fatal: cannot open file
>> `/home/proc_threads/tempfile' for reading (Permission denied)
>>
> The script is running, but the 'awk' line is failing to read
> /home/proc_threads/tempfile.  What are the permissions on that file and
> directory?
>
>
>      $ ls -ld /home/proc_threads
>
>      $ ls -l /home/proc_threads/tempfile
>
>

Thanks all

I finally figured out that the tempfile that i was creating did not have
proper permissions for the script to write into. Now i have fixed it
using the chmod command and it is working fine.