Re: What is execvps?

[Ryan McDougall <ryan mcdougall telusplanet net>]

On Sun, 2003-06-29 at 02:10, Melih Onvural wrote:
> I installed ddclient to handle my changing IP address. I followed the
> instructions given in the README file, but when I try to run the script to
> start it, it fails and gives me the error message:
> 
> Permission denied: execvps
> 
> What is this and how can I make it such that my script works?
> 
> Thanks,
> melih
> 

Im not sure about ddclient, but execvps is a Unix system call that runs
another executable ( usually after a new process is spawned ). My guess
is that you have rights to execute the script, but not the application
the script wants to run. You may have to become the root user to run
this script: type su <enter> then your root password <enter> then run
thwe script again.

Cheers,
Ryan