From: Paul <reverselogic@...>
Date: 2008-02-21T07:37:22+09:00
Subject: Re: Permission denied when running Ruby script

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Missing execute permission for the user?
Do a "chmod +x" on the script, should solve your problem.

Cheers,

Paul

On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 10:31 PM, Tim Conner <crofty_james@hotmail.com>
wrote:

> I think that this question might be due to me lacking some fundamental
> linux knowledge but please can someone explain to me what is going on
> here.  I have a ruby script that I would like to call via a cron job.  I
> have made the necessary adjustments to crontab but i can't get it to
> work.  I think that this is because the user is getting a 'permission
> denied' message when i try and call the script directly, however, it
> works when i call it with a ruby prefix:
> e.g.
> user@server:ruby test_script.rb
> => script works
> user@server:./test_server.rb
> => -bash: ./test_server.rb: Permission denied
>
> The script starts with the shebang line: #!/usr/bin/env ruby
>
> On my development machine, I'm using cygwin and the script works when
> called either way:
> e.g.
> user@dev:ruby test_script.rb
> => script works
> user@dev:./test_server.rb
> => script works
>
> Please can someone explain why (on the server) I am getting the
> permission denied message?  The same user can successfully run the
> script if they call it with the ruby prefix.
> --
> Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
>
>

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