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galfenol Author

Level 1

2 points

bad interpreter: Operation not permitted on Lion 10.7.3

My unix scripts are now dead, after the upgrade to 10.7.3. A typical error message is /bin/bash: bad interpreter: Operation not permitted Googling this issue shows other people are having build scripts fail and are fixing this by renaming links to libraries. My scripts are simple, they just run an executable, or used to... something like this:

#! /bin/bash

./myprogram << EOF

EOF

MacPlus, SE30, iMacG3, EmacG4, PB G4, iMacG5, PowerMacG5, iMac Intel, Mac OS X (10.7.2)

Posted on Feb 13, 2012 10:07 AM

72 replies

galfenol Author

Level 1

2 points

Feb 14, 2012 4:17 PM in response to Frank Caggiano

Running the find to remove the exteneded attributes did not remove the quarantines from the scripts.

Linc Davis

Level 10

210,701 points

Feb 14, 2012 4:30 PM in response to galfenol

Yes it did. I've tested that command, and it works. When you open the scripts in TextEdit, as we now know, the attribute is restored.

galfenol Author

Level 1

2 points

Feb 14, 2012 5:31 PM in response to Linc Davis

Thank you everyone who contributed to debugging this issue. I am now getting used to TextWrangler, which has some nice features, like running scripts from within the editor. All the best.

galfenol Author

Level 1

2 points

Feb 15, 2012 5:09 AM in response to etresoft

On both machines running 10.7.3 where I have this (TextEdit) problem, my accounts are in the Admin group.

Feb 15, 2012 5:13 AM in response to galfenol

Same here, when I reproduced this yesterday it was in an admin account also. Definitely a bug in TextEdit.

Not a total loss I think you'll like TextWangler. It has some nice features.

regards.

etresoft

Level 9

60,830 points

Feb 15, 2012 5:54 AM in response to Frank Caggiano

It is not a bug in TextEdit. I can create scripts using TextEdit and execute them. The files still have the quarantine flag. Whatever it is, is something else.

Jun 6, 2012 6:53 PM in response to Michael_Sedlaczek

I'm glad it worked Michael and many thanks for replying to mention the solution worked. Speak soon and happy coding!

febeling

Level 1

8 points

Jul 30, 2012 8:32 AM in response to Frank Caggiano

This problem can be especially confusing when working with a disk image. It looks like the com.apple.quarantine attribute is being inherited from the disk image file to the files inside.

HumbiJ

Level 1

0 points

Oct 2, 2012 4:29 AM in response to galfenol

Has anyone got skype so they can give me a step by step way to do this if so please add me, I am 12 so dont not add me cause of my age i just really need help with this. My skype, craig.burden3

marbles1

Level 1

0 points

Nov 2, 2012 2:46 PM in response to galfenol

Got the same error message. A piece of sell script used to run well could not run any more after I modified with it with textEdit.

I open the file with pico, and save and exit. Then it works again.

BobHarris

Level 9

58,819 points

Nov 2, 2012 6:18 PM in response to VikingOSX

If you really want to use a GUI text editor, then download the free TextWrangler.

<http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/11009/textwrangler>

alibaba0

Level 1

0 points

Dec 20, 2012 4:59 AM in response to febeling

Thank you so much febeling! I was going mad.

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