R. Bal wrote: > Hi All, > > I'm a day old Linux user, and am loving the system performance. > Everthing is great, except that I can't seem to get the files I download > off the net to "execute". I know where the files are being saved. How > do I "run" them? I have a Netscape installer, but can't seem to get it > working. > > Any suggestions? I'm running Red Hat 8.0. > > RB.
One thing you should keep in mind is that you may have to change the file attribute to executeable _if_ you downloaded an executeable file. Have a look at 'man chmod' You can use it like 'chmod o+x yourfile' which will change permission to executeable for the owner of the file. HTH Arno - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
