0

I am trying to run the statistics software Stata 11 on Ubuntu 11.10. as a regular user and I get the following error message:

bash: xstata: Permission denied

The user priviledges seem ok to me as a linux newbie, tough:

-rwxr-x--x 1 root root 16177752 2009-08-27 16:29 xstata*

I would very much appreciate some advice on how to resolve this issue!

Improve this question

1 Answer 1

Reset to default
1

Since you are trying to run xstata as a regular user (in this case regular means not user root and group membership does not contain root). You do not have right to read the file.

Let me quote (source):

"Execute" means that this file can be executed as a program. So if the file were a shell script or valid compiled executable (ELF format, etc) named program_name, you could run ./program_name or, if this directory were in your path, just program_name. Without the execute bit, you'd need to type sh program_name for a shell script, perl program_name for a perl script, etc.

So you either need to be part of the root group or add read permission to others. Eg.:

sudo chmod o+r xstata
Improve this answer
8
  • Thank you for your prompt reply. I followed your advice but now I get the following error message: "bash: .: xstata: cannot execute binary file". Apparently this means that bash doesn't know how to execute this file. Interestingly, the file can now be executed from Thunar. But how can I do this from bash?
    – ddd
    Nov 4, 2011 at 9:18
  • Could you run file xstata and post the output? This command identifies the file type. Eg.: pastie.org/2808999
    – lgarzo
    Nov 4, 2011 at 9:28
  • This command outputs the following: xstata: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked (uses shared libs), for GNU/Linux 2.4.0, stripped Any idea how to run this?
    – ddd
    Nov 4, 2011 at 9:44
  • Now please run uname -a to identify your system architecture, and post the output.
    – lgarzo
    Nov 4, 2011 at 9:50
  • Happy to do so: Linux dr 3.0.0-12-generic #20-Ubuntu SMP Fri Oct 7 14:56:25 UTC 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
    – ddd
    Nov 4, 2011 at 9:52

You must log in to answer this question.

Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged .