Re: "Permission Denied" error for root user when perms are 0775?

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On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 12:05:21PM -0400, R. G. Newbury wrote:
> From: "R. G. Newbury" <newbury@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: "Permission Denied" error for root user when perms are 0775?
> To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx
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> >Weird problem.
> >I downloaded an svn version of mythtv, cd'd to the folder, and tried to
> >run './configure --help', Got a 'Permission Denied' error.
>
> >I am root and the permissions were and are 0775...chmod changes  
> >nothing,  even trying 0777.
>
> >Does anyone have any idea what is going on? The directory is on a 'rw'
> >partition, since I just downloaded to it, using a script. But the
> >configure script itself will not run. I changed the first line from:
> >#!/bin/sh    to #!/bin/bash  > no change.
>
> More data points. I don't think this has anything to do with the  
> 'configure' script. It's an error in what bash is running. There is  
> something wrong with the libraries, I think.
>
> Backing up a little. This is a brand new install of Fedora 8. I ended up  
> wiping everything from the prior setup, which had become messed up  
> sometime in the 70 days mythtv was up.
> Re-formatted and installed everything, including taking 4 hours for the  
> 'yum update' and loading the mythtv dependencies. Then a new svn of  
> mythtv. But bash will not run the configure script.
>
> I tried using the fedora recovery route and THIS IS WEIRD! If I ran  
> './mnt/sysimage/keep/mythtv/configure --help' IT RAN. So the bash +  
> libraries of the recovery environment, ARE DIFFERENT than the installed  
> versions. It is almost as if the installed 'root' login is not a  
> privileged user. (Makes no difference if I try a different session, with  
> the 'mythtv' user. It IS something in bash or the libraries it calls.
>
> SO How do I track down what is wrong? On a quick pass, all of the  
> libraries appear to have the same (correct???) permissions. If there a  
> trace or something which can find the breakdown? (Google isn't too  
> useful at this level).
>
> More data. Selinux is disabled. For this, the firewall was disabled.  
> Booted into run-level 5, using a terminal, kernel is new, updated to  
> 2.6.25-??? 69...latest. As noted, this is a brand new bare-metal (well,  
> the metal that counts) install.
> Geoff
>
Check the permissions of all the directories in the path leading to the
executable generating the 'permission denied' message.

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