Permission Denied when running scripts

[CSummers]

This is probably a simple answer.

I have 2 ESX servers and I'm trying to run a pl file to install the latest 3.0.1 patches. I did a mkdir /var/updates and used WinSCP to copy the tar files. I created a ESXUpdate.pl file based off of some instructions from another forum post. The problem I'm having is when I type ./ESXPatches.pl I'm getting "-bash: ./ESXPatches.pl: Permission denied"

I've tried this through Putty directly on the console. I've seen this happen on another pl file to open ports on the firewall. What am I doing wrong?

[sbeaver]

WHich account are you trying to run this from? Root? If it is root how did you login in to be root?

[vmmeup]

Login as root... su - to root or use sudo

[sbeaver]

Did you check and make sure execute permission were present on that file?

[CSummers]

I can't believe I forgot to mention I'm logging in as root.

I have no idea if it has execute permissions. How do I check, how do I fix it, and what should I do in the future to make sure this doesn't happen?

[sbeaver]

The simplest is to connect with WinSCP and check the properties of the file

[vmmeup · Accepted solution]

Do an ls -la and check to see if there is an x like below

-rwxrr the first grouping is for the user i.e. -\{rwx} = Read Write and Execute for the user that owns the file. The second grouping is "Group" and the final grouping is world. A "-" means that that grouping doesn't have that permssion. If it doesn't have the "x" do a chmod u+x to give just the user execute permissions.