Holly Bostick wrote: >>Sorry I didnt get that reply. Either way to answer that question, no - i >>do not have the noexec option in my fstab (where the drive is >>automounted). This is the line in my fstab: >> >>/dev/hda6 /mnt/storage reiserfs notail,exec,user >> >> >>What could the problem be? It is strange because if I type: >> >>mount /dev/hda6 /mnt/storage -o exec >> >>it works. >> >>What do I need to add to my fstab to get it working normally? >> >>thanks. >> >> >> > >Maybe nothing-- what are the permissions of the /mnt/storage *folder*? >It doesn't matter much whether the files inside the folder are >executeable if the folder itself does not allow files to be executed >from within it. > >Hope this helps. >Holly > >
To expand on that just a little, portage runs as user portage, so that is the user that needs permissions to create and execute files. Also see my previous reply in the archives. And please, fix your mail account. -Richard -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
