[NTLUG:Discuss] Why does nfs wreck shell scripts?

[Greg Edwards]

In your mount (auto/amd/or fstab) do you have -exec or -noexec set?

Lance Simmons wrote:

> I'm playing around with nfs at home. When I've got a bash script on an
> nfs-mounted filesystem, I can't execute it directly. Consider this
> script, named "test":
> 
>  #!/bin/sh
>  echo "test"
>  exit 0
> 
> When I try to execute test directly (./test), I get this error:
> 
>  bash: ./test: /bin/sh: bad interpreter: Permission denied
> 
> When I try to execute test with the command "sh ./test", it works.
> 
> Can someone knowledgeable about nfs explain what this is about? I
> imagine it's something pretty simple. I'm probably misunderstanding the
> metaphysics of nfs, but I'm not sure where to look.
> 
> 


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