Re: error?

Oops I meant, have you tried deleting that file named cat?  Sorry about the
typo.

On Mon, Jun 20, 2005 at 10:48:03AM -0700, dmacdoug wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 20, 2005 at 09:55:52AM -0500, Zhiliang Hu wrote:
> > 
> > I got a bunch of errors like following in my Smarlist log file:
> > 
> > ../.bin/subscribe: line 1: ./cat: Permission denied
> > ../.bin/subscribe: line 112: ./cat: Permission denied
> > ../.bin/subscribe: line 123: ./cat: Permission denied
> > ../.bin/subscribe: line 140: ./cat: Permission denied
> > ../.bin/subscribe: line 142: ./cat: Permission denied
> > ../.bin/arch_retrieve: line 1: ./cat: Permission denied
> > ../.bin/arch_retrieve: line 312: ./cat: Permission denied
> > ../.bin/procbounce: line 142: ./cat: Permission denied
> 
> ...
> 
> > One odd thing is every successfully posted mail is saved into a
> > file called "cat" in the list directory.
> 
> Have you tried simply that file named cat?  It looks to me like it's trying
> to execute that file rather than the binary file /bin/cat which should be in
> your path.  Why it's been created in the first place is another question.
> 
> Don M.