"Permission Denied" error for root user when perms are 0775?

[Thomas Cameron]

R. G. Newbury wrote:
> Weird problem.
> I downloaded an svn version of mythtv, cd'd to the folder, and tried to 
> run './configure --help', Got a 'Permission Denied' error.
> 
> I am root and the permissions were and are 0775...chmod changes nothing, 
> even trying 0777.
> 
> Does anyone have any idea what is going on? The directory is on a 'rw' 
> partition, since I just downloaded to it, using a script. But the 
> configure script itself will not run. I changed the first line from:
> #!/bin/sh    to #!/bin/bash  > no change.
> 
> And bash *is* in /bin and executable, owned by root.
> 
> I'm stumped....

What is the partition?  Is it a remote drive mounted locally?  Is it a 
USB drive - they are typically mounted noexec?  What does /bin/mount 
tell you?

Could it be an SELinux denial?  What does /var/log/audit/audit.log tell 
you?

Anything in /var/log/messages?

-- 
Thomas

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