Running a program in the Linux terminal

Chrisss · 2 Dec 2006 at 14:55

I'm running a program in the Linux terminal by typing it's name, but it just says:

-bash ./programname: permission denied

How can I attempt to run this program?

R4z0r · 2 Dec 2006 at 15:06

It probably hasn't got execute permision for the user you are. You could try "chmod 755" togive everyone execute permission but it'd be better to read the documentation that came with the program that should tell you how you should be running it.

cb_linus · 2 Dec 2006 at 23:10

Code:

ls -l

should show you what permissions different files / programs have within a particular directory

skiba · 2 Dec 2006 at 23:11

try running it as root or paste the file permissions if you don't understand them....