On Sun, 2002-10-20 at 18:47, Frank burton wrote:
> Ok I'm back with more questions . First off I'm running RH 8. Sometimes when when I try command lines as root, i.e /dev/modem  , I'm told Permission denied. This is not the first time it has happened. I had a similiar problem running the RH 7.0 I thought maybe it was an install problem but now I don't think so. Correct me if I'm wrong but I thought if was logged in as root, I shouldn't be denied permission for ANYTHING
> Thanks
> 
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root can't execute files that don't have the execute bit set.

What is it that you're trying to do with /dev/modem?

Craig