Date: Mon, 9 May 2011 04:07:10 -0700 (PDT) From: Bill Tillman <btillman99@yahoo.com> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Newbie Needing Help Message-ID: <132837.23458.qm@web36508.mail.mud.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20110509010631.531da46f.web@3dresearch.com> References: <C9F6205F-EFEC-484C-B97E-01046AF89502@earthlink.net> <20110509010631.531da46f.web@3dresearch.com>
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=0A=0A=0A________________________________=0AFrom: Janos Dohanics <web@3dres= earch.com>=0ATo: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>=0ASent: = Mon, May 9, 2011 1:06:31 AM=0ASubject: Re: Newbie Needing Help=0A=0AOn Sun,= 8 May 2011 17:17:48 -0700=0AJohn or Judy Hixson <johnorjudy@earthlink.net>= wrote:=0A=0A> [...]=0A> Another problem that's throwing me for a loop is t= hat even though I'm=0A> logged in as root I'm getting a "permission denied"= return when I=0A> list a file (e.g. /etc/fstab) and press enter.=0A=0AWhen= you enter a file name at the prompt, such as /etc/fstab, and you=0Areceive= the response "permission denied", it is because /etc/fstab is=0Anot an exe= cutable file. Entering just the file name will cause the=0Ashell to try to = execute the file, but this file has no permission to be=0Aexecuted, (even b= y root).=0A=0AYou can view the permissions for this file by entering:=0A=0A= ls -l /etc/fstab=0A=0Aand you'll see something similar to this:=0A=0A-rw-r-= -r--=A0 1 root=A0 wheel=A0 278 Sep 28=A0 2008 /etc/fstab=0A=A0 ^=A0 ^=A0 ^= =0A=0AHowever, for example, the file /bin/ls is executable:=0A=0A-r-xr-xr-x= =A0 1 root=A0 wheel=A0 29656 Dec 11=A0 2009 /bin/ls=0A=A0 ^=A0 ^=A0 ^=0A=0A= Michael Lucas' book is a great way to get started. You can read many of=0Ah= is tutorials at http://oreilly.com/pub/ct/13. I have also found Dru=0ALavig= ne's series of articles "FreeBSD Basics" a great resource=0A(http://oreilly= .com/pub/ct/15).=0A=0A-- =0AJanos Dohanics=0A______________________________= _________________=0Afreebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list=0Ahttp://lis= ts.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions=0ATo unsubscribe, send an= y mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"=0A=0A=0AAs you can se= e, many users here will be helpful. The best advice I've seen so =0Afar =0A= =0Ais to do some google or yahoo searches for UNIX TUTORIALS and you'll fin= d=0Adozens of them. The FreeBSD website has a nice section called =0A=0Ahtt= p://www.freebsd.org/projects/newbies.html=0A=0Awhich will get you off to a = good start. And in spite of what the VI fans will=0Atell you there is anoth= er built-in text editor called "ee" for Easy Editor and=0Ait's designed for= newbies to get started editing files. VI is a very powerful=0Atool but it'= s not very intuitive until you learn it or have the commands=0Alisted next = to you.=0A=0AGood luck.
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