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I am not sure how many files that this happens to, but it has happened to two that I have tried in the last few days, one .sh file and another program/executable. I am logged in as root - Linux Mint 21.2 When I try to allow executing as a program it unticks itself (as in this video) I also get 'permission denied' in terminal, as root and i have tried

chmod +x filename

and

sudo chmod -v +x filename.sh

sudo chown --verbose 1000 filename.sh

But still get denied.. What am I doing wrong here or how can I fix this?

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[-] a14o@feddit.org 7 points 1 day ago

The partition containing the files may be mounted readonly. Check less /etc/mtab for an ro option on that entry.

[-] bobo1900@startrek.website 4 points 1 day ago

Also, at least for ext4 filesystems, probably many others, there's an option (noexec) that prevents any execution. Might be worth checking that

[-] nymnympseudonym@piefed.social 6 points 1 day ago

That wouldn't prevent the chmod, just would refuse to execute even if the file is a+x

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