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. Thanks Jatin