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I am trying to install some packes on my machine running CentOS 5.5 but when i run ./config or ./Configure, I am returned:

-bash: ./config: /bin/sh: bad interpreter: Permission denied

-bash: ./Configure: Permission denied

What do I need to change to correct the issue? I am connected as the root user

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JM4
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How about just ls -l inside the openssl directory, not ls -l /bin/ls like jrod wrongly suggested.

Either set the executable permission on the file your are trying to run with chmod like so:

chmod +x config

the run it:

./config

or just run it directly with the shell like so:

sh ./config

Can you not just use the openssl packages included with CentOS?

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  • openssl packages icluded with CentOS 5.5 are severly outdated. Check the repositories. They only go to version 0.9.8e for 5.5 - PHP it outdated, as is Apache HTTPD. The list goes on and on – JM4 May 21 '10 at 21:36
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It looks like you got it right the first time with ./config

The problem seems to lie in /bin/sh; you may try using bash ./config instead, or otherwise fix /bin/sh's permissions or ownership.

Out of curiosity, can you do: ls -l /bin/sh* for us?

Is the partition or drive where you are trying to build this mounted noexec, like /tmp or similar?

The output of mount should show us whether that's the case :)

*edited

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If you haven't gotten it resolved already... Are you trying to install as root? You should be. Otherwise, you might 'sudo'.

Others have suggested that the permissions problem is on the /bin/sh executable, but if that isn't it, make sure you can execute config / Configure (as appropriate). To do this, look at the file's permissions and consider who you are (whoami). If you aren't root or the file owner, you may be having problems because of that.

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