From: Panagiotis Atmatzidis Date: 2012-12-28T01:24:07+09:00 Subject: Re: Permission denied? Hello, On 27 Δεκ 2012, at 18:16 , Kaye Ng wrote: > Hey Derrick, > > kaye@kaye-R439-R478:/media/kaye/MARLON/ruby/practice$ chmod 755 > Dungeon_interactive.rb > > kaye@kaye-R439-R478:/media/kaye/MARLON/ruby/practice$ > ./Dungeon_interactive.rb > > bash: ./Dungeon_interactive.rb: Permission denied > > What now? You changed the "permissions" of the file but didn't make the file "executable". Either you run it as: ruby file.rb Or you need to "chmod +x file.rb" to make it 'executable' under UNIX and clones (like linux). > > Also, is there anyway to change the "kaye@kaye-R439-R478" ? It's > probably a Ubuntu question but what the heck.... gksudo gedit /etc/hostname > > Thanks!!! > > -- > Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. > No prob :-) Panagiotis (atmosx) Atmatzidis email: atma@convalesco.org URL: http://www.convalesco.org GnuPG ID: 0xE736C6A0 gpg --keyserver x-hkp://pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys 0xE736C6A0 -- The wise man said: "Never argue with an idiot. They bring you down to their level and beat you with experience."