problem with changing rights for a file

[dridi0wafa]

good morning
am trying to install autoconf in my redhat , the first step is ./configure, every thing ok, then i made "make" , to be succefull i have to change the rights of a file called autom4te.tmp from 0700 to 0711, although am root, it didnt accept the modification,

whats wrong ?

thank you

[Feeyo]

What does the output say when executing:

chmod -Rv 0711 autom4te.tmp

[dridi0wafa]

acces mode of 'autom4te.tmp' has been modified to 0711 (rwx--x--x).
chmod:changing permissoons of 'autom4te.tmp' (requested:0711,actuel:0700):operation not permited .

then when i check the rights of the file, they still be 0711

[Feeyo]

Not sure why you need to change that file though.
With me it just works with: ./configure; make; make installl

[prpednek]

Not sure why you need to change that file though.
With me it just works with: ./configure; make; make installl

Just checking the permissions isn't enuf. Please also check to file owner, if it is copied as root , U must login as root to execute it.

Can you post the output of 'ls -l' here ?

[Feeyo]

He posted he was doing this as root already.

[prpednek]

He posted he was doing this as root already.

Hey Feeyo,
I guess I missed it in the start. Can you please try

chmod +x <FILENAME>

and then execute?