On Wednesday 09 May 2007 12:38, Jim Cunning wrote: > On Wednesday 09 May 2007 11:45:11 Carlos E. R. wrote: > > The Wednesday 2007-05-09 at 20:35 +0200, Caisa Persdotter wrote: > > > Thanks, but it still gives the same message. I've tried to run > > > ./configure in several directories with untared soursces but get > > > the same result. It worked fine before reinstallation. > > > > Issue the command "mount" and see if the partition is mounted > > "noexec". If so, correct. > > I think your problem is that "/bin/sh" doesn't exist. For example:
No Unix system can run without its primary shell. It's invoked all over the place to interpret command lines and run scripts, not just for interactive user sessions. It would be very odd for the shell not to be executable, but since root can still execute files without there x bit (am I remembering that right?), most critical system functions would still work even if the system were almost entirely crippled for ordinary (non-root) users. Carlos' guess about the file system holding /bin being mounted "noexec" is a good one. It seems like the most likely explanation. > ... > > Jim Randall Schulz -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
