Re: [BackupPC-users] init.d - scipt

[Jeffery P. H. <je...@bo...>]

Jan,
Linux does not use extensions (e.g. .exe, .bat, etc...) for letting the 
system know that the file is executable.  It uses file permissions.
the "ls -l /path/to/file" command will tell you the permissions on a file


run this command:
ls -l /etc/init.d/backuppc

permissions work this way:
[jeff@firewall jeff]$ ls -l /etc/init.d/backuppc
-r-xr-xr-x    1 root     root         1793 Jul 23 17:33 /etc/init.d/backuppc
the first column "-r-xr-xr-x"  is the permissions
the first entry is the filetype - (- for a regular file; d for 
directory, l for link, etc....)
you are concerned about the rest of the column.
postitions 2 3 and 4 are permissions for the owner of the file (here, root)
postitions 5 6 and 7 are permissions for the group of the file (here, 
also root)
postitions 8 9 and 10 are permissions for the rest of the world

if the x is not set on the file, it is not executable.

run the command "chmod o+x /etc/init.d/backuppc" to set executable for 
the owner.

read the "man chmod" for more precise information.

-JPH

 








Jan Kellerhoff wrote:

>Hello folks,
>
>I am new, to linux, backuppc and to this mailinglist also...
>Maybe somewone can help me, I tried to setup Backuppc on suse 9.1,
>but then I am told that the script is not executable, not by insserv and
>also not by chkconfig backuppc 345 ... also I renamed it...
>it just tells me script is not executeable, any ideas???
>
>With best regards,
>
>	Kelly
>
>
>
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