On 10/19/2011 06:08 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: > On 10/19/2011 09:50 AM, shailesh wrote: >> when i try to run compiled c program ("./a.out") get error >> bash: ./a.out: Permission denied > > Files aren't automatically executable under Linux. > > chmod u+x a.out > ./a.out > > will get you what you want. gcc (well, strictly speaking it's ld but called by gcc) normally gives executable output files exec permissions when compiling regardless of umask: $ umask 0002; echo -ne '#include <stdio.h>\nint main(int argc, char **argv)\n{\n\tprintf("%s\\n", "Hello World!");\n}' > x.c; strace -f gcc x.c 2>&1 | grep chmod [pid 11229] chmod("a.out", 0775) = 0 Getting EACCESS on a freshly compiled binary often implies that the file system doesn't allow executable permissions - either it's mounted with noexec, SELinux is preventing the exec or the file system does not support executable permissions. Are you using removable/network storage? What's does mount say? Regards, Bryn. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines