On 25 May 2010 14:14, Bowie Bailey <Bowie_Bailey at buc.com> 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 > > -- > Bowie > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > Looks like it is failing before the awk... For that script to run the directory will need to be writeable by the user running the script... chmod o+w /home/proc_threads will do if you don't care for security of the file/directory... or arrange the group of the user running the script to be able to write to the directory instead. James