--- dan1 <dan1 at edenpics.com> wrote: > >> This script is the following: > >> > >> #!bin/sh > >> CURRENT_IP=`/sbin/ifconfig eth0 | grep inet | cut -d : -f 2 | cut -d > >> -f > >> 1` > >> export CURRENT_IP > >> echo $CURRENT_IP > >> > > > >You need to change the first line to #!/bin/sh > > > >Otherwise, the script is looking for a bin directory in whatever current > >directory you are in. Unless you are at the root of the filesystem, it most > >likely won't be found. > > > >Matt > > > Hello, Matt. > > Sorry for that. Yes you are right it is a mistake. However this was only on > this script. The problem I described before still remains the same for the > other scripts and even on this one once I have corrected it to #!/bin/sh. > > There is simply no output at all for those scripts and no error message > neither. And it's also strange that it works when put in the /root directory > and not in the /. The /root is on the same filesystem than / and I have > verified in the /etc/fstab : the / is mounted with the options: > defaults,usrquota,grquota. The 'noexec' option is not set. > > Any other idea ? > > Thanks, > Daniel > > Hi Dan! The '/bin/sh' command is usually a symbolic link to '/bin/bash'. Check this by ls -l /bin/sh (should show it pointing to bash). Maybe the link has gotton broken some how. Change the '#!/bin/sh' in the scripts to '#!/bin/bash' and see if they then execute ok. If so, as root, 'rm /bin/sh' , followed by 'ln -s /bin/bash /bin/sh' to fix the link.