On Wed, 28 Jul 2004 15:26:40 -0400, Brian Bates <batesb@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > This surprises me because by the looks of it, pref should be executable by > anybody, if I am reading this properly. > > # ls -l /usr/local/pref > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root staff 7264 Jun 24 1998 /usr/local/pref It is executable by anyone, but to work on the DM it needs to be executed by root. If you set the user ID on execution bit, it might work: chmod 4755 /usr/local/pref _______________________________________________________________________ This mailing list is neither sponsored nor endorsed by Invensys Process Systems (formerly The Foxboro Company). Use the info you obtain here at your own risks. Read http://www.thecassandraproject.org/disclaimer.html foxboro mailing list: //www.freelists.org/list/foxboro to subscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=join to unsubscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=leave