unable to move Permission denied (error 13)

[dodge20]

I am on Unix Sco 5.05 and I am getting this error when I try to move a file to another directory. I have CHMOD 777 and changed the owner to myself, but I still get this error. Any ideas?

Dodge20

 

[PHV]

What are the permissions of the source and target directories ?

Hope This Helps, PH.
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[dodge20]

source drwxrwxrwx

target drwxrwxrwx

Dodge20

 

[apeasecpc]

What is the command you are using to move the file?

What kind of file is it?

 

[dodge20]

mv filename.txt /user/jay2

Dodge20

 

[motoslide]

Is the source and destination directories on the same filesystem? Are you able to do this as root?

 

[dodge20]

Yes they are on the same file system and I am able to do it as root and su. But no individual user can move the files. Very strange.

Dodge20

 

[motoslide]

Try running
#/tcb/bin/integrity -e | more

See if some of the O/S permissions are incorrect. Review the results carefully, as not all it reports are truly problems.

 

[dodge20]

that didn't return anything

Dodge20

 

[apeasecpc]

Have you checked the permissions of "/bin/mv"?

is "/bin" included in the path environmental variable of the user? Try "/bin/mv filename.txt /user/jay2" as the user and see if that works.

If the user does not have execute permissions or a path that associates with the command they won't be able to use it.