James B. Byrne wrote: > OS=CentOS-5.2 > media=Kingston 512Mb usb key > > Problem: > As 'root', when running a script resident on the external drive mounted at > /media/disk I receive the following error: > > /bin/sh: bad interpreter: Permission denied > <snip> > I deduce from the various bits of information that I have gleaned thatthe > proper entry in fstab should be something like: > > /dev/sda1 /disk auto defaults,user,exec 0 0 > > However, this is an automounted, removable media. How do I do enable > execute for this key and retain the auto mount capability? What impact > will this have on other usb keys? I think you have the right diagnostic, the key is mounted with the noexec flag. You can confirm this by typing "mount" when the usb key is mounted. But I don't know the answers to your questions... However if it fits your usefase you could invoke the shell yourself: /bin/sh hello.sh