bash permission set to 777 but file execution still denied

Question

I wrote a bash script and am trying to execute it from sh but I am getting a "permission denied error". I set to permissions to 777 but it is still preventing me from executing the file.

# which sh
/bin/sh
# ls -l myscript.sh
-rwxrwxrwx    1 root  wheel  974 Nov  4 09:16 myscript.sh
# ./myscript.sh
zsh: permission denied: ./myscript.sh

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

That worked. I normally run my scripts from a Ubuntu server which doesn't require the sh. Thanks. — stevo, Nov 04 '14 at 09:51
If the error message comes from `zsh`, the path to `sh` is irrelevant. What does the first line of the script say? What are the permissions of the `zsh` binary? — tripleee, Nov 04 '14 at 10:02
In script what is the first line you are using , Are you specifying any #! value ? — Sriharsha Kalluru, Nov 04 '14 at 10:04

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 04 '14 at 09:53

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Not sure what could be the reason but try invoking shell explicitly passing your script as argument/command to the Shell like sh myscript.sh

answered Nov 04 '14 at 09:53

Rahul

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