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installing vmware tools gives permission denied
Posted: 05 Mar 2014 16:41
by doggy101
when installing the vm tools the following error occeurs
[root@EFAmailscanner vmware-tools-distrib]# ./vmware-install.pl --default
-bash: ./vmware-install.pl: Permission denied
user root has full permission on the folder
anyone?
Re: installing vmware tools gives permission denied
Posted: 05 Mar 2014 22:30
by shawniverson
Do you have execute permissions on the perl script itself?
Re: installing vmware tools gives permission denied
Posted: 09 Mar 2014 09:49
by doggy101
yes permissions are set at 0777 and recursive set through the whle folder.
Re: installing vmware tools gives permission denied
Posted: 09 Mar 2014 13:42
by shawniverson
Even though you are root, what happens when you sudo?
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sudo ./vmware-install.pl --default

Re: installing vmware tools gives permission denied
Posted: 12 Mar 2014 15:56
by doggy101
still permission denied

Re: installing vmware tools gives permission denied
Posted: 12 Mar 2014 21:51
by shawniverson
Wow. What does the permissions on perl look like?
/usr/bin/perl I think.
Re: installing vmware tools gives permission denied
Posted: 14 Mar 2014 12:28
by doggy101
root has 0777
strange huh
Re: installing vmware tools gives permission denied
Posted: 14 Mar 2014 14:49
by darky83
Are you sure the installer for vmware tools is valid?
Sound more like your vmware tools source is corrupt.
Re: installing vmware tools gives permission denied
Posted: 21 Mar 2014 10:20
by doggy101
used it on several VM's with no issues just this one VM (ESX5.1)
Re: installing vmware tools gives permission denied
Posted: 22 Mar 2014 00:24
by shawniverson
Sorry I am at a loss here. Something is wrong with your root access...I think that is also causing you issues with razor.
Re: installing vmware tools gives permission denied
Posted: 26 Mar 2014 20:28
by dku
had the same problem. i could install vmware tools using
Re: installing vmware tools gives permission denied
Posted: 13 Aug 2015 08:40
by lexxerd
dku wrote:had the same problem. i could install vmware tools using
I made an account on this site just to reply that this was very helpful and worked for me!
Thanks!
Re: installing vmware tools gives permission denied
Posted: 31 Aug 2016 10:50
by mary
lexxerd wrote:dku wrote:had the same problem. i could install vmware tools using
I made an account on this site just to reply that this was very helpful and worked for me!
Thanks!
Hi,
It has worked for me too, so many thanks even from my side
