Re: shebang line drive me nuts.

hi Robert, thanks for thinking with me .... Robert Cummings wrote: > On Mon, 2006-08-07 at 09:59 +0200, Jochem Maas wrote: >> I have a php shell script (the execute bit of the file is set) >> of which the first line is this: >> >> #!/usr/lib/php5/bin/php -q >> >> or this: >> >> #!/usr/bin/php -q >> >> or this: >> >> #!php -q >> >> >> in all cases I get the following error when I run (as root) the script: >> >> -bash: ./makemicrositeml: /usr/lib/php5/bin/php: bad interpreter: Permission denied >> >> >> php is where I think it is: >> >> # which php >> /usr/bin/php >> # ls -lart /usr/bin/php >> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 May 9 11:40 /usr/bin/php -> /usr/lib/php5/bin/php >> >> any know what idiot thing I'm doing wrong? > > Check the permissions on /usr/lib/php5 and on /usr/lib/php5/bin and > on /usr/lib/php5/bin/php > > Any one of those being set incorrectly can deny you access. the php binary is executable for everyone: # ls -lart /usr/lib/php5/bin/php -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 7012544 Jul 5 18:26 /usr/lib/php5/bin/php and running the script as follows doesn't give any errors: # /usr/lib/php5/bin/php -q ./makemicrositeml -h (it shows the help message - I haven't got round to exactly testing the script proper ;-) any ideas> > > Cheers, > Rob.