Dan Espen wrote:
> Louis LeBlanc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
[snip]
>>open("/usr/X11R6/bin/xterm", O_RDONLY) = -1 EACCES (Permission denied)
>>break(0x80c3000) = 0
>>write(2, "/usr/X11R6/bin/xterm: Can\'t open"..., 73/usr/X11R6/bin/xterm: Can'
>>t open /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm: Permission denied) = 73
>>exit(2) = ?
>>-bash-2.05b$
>>
>>I'm afraid I don't really understand this. It seems to say it can't
>>open /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm in the write call, but that should be the
>>case anyway. I shouldn't be able to write to the file itself. One
>>thing that could be a problem is that the xterm executable is not
>>readable, only executable:
>>
>>bash-2.05b$ ls -l /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm
>>-rws--x--x 1 root wheel 226568 Jan 10 09:19 /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm*
>
>
> You're reading the strace wrong. Its not writing, it
> is trying to open the file for read.
>
> The permissions don't allow read.
>
> As root run the following command:
>
> chmod a+r /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm
>
> Then you should be back in business.
>
Actually, this isn't the problem. The commandline he used makes bash
try to interpret xterm as a shell script (which is why it was open()ing it.)
A better example would be /usr/local/bin/bash -c /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm
--
Ben
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