can not execute a script:permission denied, although it has the execution flag set (-rwxr-xr-x)

[Peter Flynn]

On 20 January 2022 06:46:17 robert rottermann <robert at redcor.ch> wrote:

> Hi there
>
> in a folder on my desktop with Ubuntu 20.04 i can not execute any script that
> has the execution flag set.
>
> But an attempt to run it, fails with an permission error:
>
> robert at chrissy:~/Dropbox/pankraz/SAPL$ ls -l startjava.sh
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 robert robert 574 Jan 20 00:27 startjava.sh
> robert at chrissy:~/Dropbox/pankraz/SAPL$ ./startjava.sh
> -bash: ./startjava.sh: Permission denied
>
>
> executing the same script using sh:
>
> sh ./startjava.sh
>
> works fine.
>
> What could be the reason?

What does the first line of the script say?

P

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