Error zsh: permission denied in Terminal of MAC OS Sonoma 14.3.1

VikingOSX wrote:

The chmod +x applies a 755 mask (e.g. rwx-rx-rx) to a file allowing the user full privileges, while group and other can only read and execute the file. When applied to a directory, then the x means search. The chmod man page is a good reference to these masks.

It is a good point to mention the man page for chmod. I do use man relatively frequently.

The +x adds the x capability. Whether this ends up as 755 or not depends on the previous state.

Having learned binary numbers long ago, I am more partial to using chmod in a direct fashion, e.g.,

chmod 755 myfile

instead of

 chmod a+x myfile

or similar. Habits one gets from using these for 40+ years.... 😎

I think chmod 774 would have worked.

My default mode is numeric too. However in the interest of conservative typing, I find myself making scripts executable with chmod +x lately.

The chmod +x applies a 755 mask (e.g. rwx-rx-rx) to a file allowing the user full privileges, while group and other can only read and execute the file. When applied to a directory, then the x means search. The chmod man page is a good reference to these masks.

I am glad you fixed.

The "x" stands for "eXecute", and you must have that bit set to run anything as a program, like you did.

FWIW, in most cases, 755 is used. This translates to rwxr-xr-x

ie. YOU have all the rights, and group and others have the right to read and execute, but not write.

The_Point wrote:

Hi,

I am trying to run a cmd file, either in the terminal or in Visual Studio. In both of them I get zsh: permission denied error.

I checked my access to the folder, I have read and write access. I am the only admin on this laptop.

Using ls -l command shows I have -rw-rw-r-- access to the file and folders. (I wonder if there should be an x there as well?)

Also the Terminal app and VS also have full access to the drive.

I also used command chmod 755, my rights remains the same.

Thanks for your support.

what command?

Old issue, new issue, what changed?

Is Terminal.app included in the Full Disk Access?

ref Controlling app access to files in macOS

Ordinarly Bash shell scripts have .sh extensions and Zsh scripts have .zsh. You can also put the contents of either script in a file that ends with .command, and that is double-clickable from the Finder, launches Terminal, runs the script, and then quits that Terminal session.

Although, you can end a script in .cmd, make it user executable, and then run it, your choice of a .cmd extension will confuse some people, and isn't normally used in a UNIX operating system — which is macOS.