On 25.5.2010 14:57, Jatin Davey wrote: > On 5/25/2010 6:20 PM, Jakub Jedelsky wrote: >> On 25.5.2010 14:27, Jatin Davey wrote: >>> Hi >>> >>> I have a linux box which has CentOS running in it. I logged into the box >>> using root and wrote a script in the /home/proc_threads directory. saved >>> the file and quit. I changed the file permissions such that any user >>> could execute it using the "chmod 777 filename" command. >>> >>> When i log out and log in as a non-root user i was not able to execute >>> the script though. >>> >>> Could some one please help in this regard. I am a newbie to linux. >>> >>> Thanks >>> Jatin >>> _______________________________________________ >>> CentOS mailing list >>> CentOS at centos.org >>> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >>> >> >> Hi, >> >> have another users access to /home/proc_threads directory? :) Don't >> you call any functions from script which can be executed only by root..? >> Send us the exact error which you get after execute your script as an >> user.. If it is a bash script, you can debug it with "-x" option.. >> >> Excuse my english :) >> >> Jakub J. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> CentOS mailing list >> CentOS at centos.org >> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >> > 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) > > Thanks > Jatin > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > ...and what are permissions of /home/proc_threads/tempfile? It seems, that users can't write to it.. Try 'chmod o+w /home/proc_threads/tempfile' -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20100525/ef6fe8bb/attachment-0005.html>