Permission Denied

Derek Atkins warlord at MIT.EDU
Tue Aug 28 17:59:01 EDT 2007


Maybe there's an attribute that needs to get set on the file after
the download?  Is there some shell command that can reset it?

-derek

Quoting Stephen Grant Brown <s_g_brown at bemail.com.au>:

> Hi Parik
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Patrik Lermon" <patrik at gnupung.net>
> To: "Stephen Grant Brown" <s_g_brown at bemail.com.au>
> Cc: <gnucash-devel at gnucash.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2007 7:16 AM
> Subject: Re: Permission Denied
>
>
>> You mean it ask "Did you execute this file?"
>>
>> In that case, it's like Derek wrote, NTFS contains meta data for files,
>> and
>> explorer marks the file as potentially dangerous when it saves it, and the
>> OS
>> recognizes this when you try to execute it.
>>
>> You should probably just answer yes on the question.
>
> I do - when I install the file manually. But it causes the install.sh
> program to fail without intervention on my part. I am trying to avoid
> installing manually all the files it installs automatically under Windows
> XP.
>
>>
>> /Patrik
>>
>> On 8/28/07, Stephen Grant Brown <s_g_brown at bemail.com.au> wrote:
>>> Hi Derek and all others reading this.
>>>
>>> Thank you for your speedy reply.
>>>
>>> Yes, it did download correctly.
>>>
>>> I can go back into c:/soft/downloads and execute the file.
>>> The first thing Vista asks is "Did I start executing this file?"
>>>
>>> Yours Sincerely Stephen Grant brown
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Derek Atkins" <warlord at MIT.EDU>
>>> To: "Stephen Grant Brown" <s_g_brown at bemail.com.au>
>>> Cc: "GNUCash Developers" <gnucash-devel at lists.gnucash.org>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2007 12:04 AM
>>> Subject: Re: Permission Denied
>>>
>>>
>>> > Hi,
>>> >
>>> > "Stephen Grant Brown" <s_g_brown at bemail.com.au> writes:
>>> >
>>> >> Dear Sir/Madam,
>>> >>
>>> >> I am attempting to compile gnucash under Microsoft Vista.
>>> >
>>> > Why compile it instead of using the binary installer?
>>> >
>>> >> When running install.sh I get
>>> >>
>>> >> ./install.sh c:/soft/downloads/msysDTK.exe Permision Denied
>>> >>
>>> >> How do I change the permissions so I can compile gnucash?
>>> >
>>> > Well, did it successfully download the DTK?
>>> > If so, I have no idea, unless Vista has some something that
>>> > prevents you from executing downloads without doing something
>>> > special.   All gnucash win32 development is done on XP.
>>> >
>>> > So... You'll probably have to work on debugging this on your own,
>>> > but we're certainly happy to help you along and integrate any
>>> > required changes.
>>> >
>>> >> Yours Sincerely Stephen Grant Brown
>>> >
>>> > -derek
>>> >
>>> > --
>>> >       Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory
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>>
>>
>
> Yours Sincerely Stephen Grant Brown
>
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