Re: permission denied in root.

[Brent McMillan <bamcmill@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca>]

Yup, that was the problem.  My /etc/fstab didn't specify to mount it
'noexec' but I guesse that's what happens when you leave out 'defaults'
from the line.  Problem solved. Thanks all for the help.

> 
> Run the `mount' command and check if the disk the script is running on
> is mounted with the `noexec' option (might be useful for vfat
> partitions and the like).  Also check if the directory you are going to
> write to is mounted rw (not ro), and if that directory is writable.
> 
> HTH,
> Eric
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