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User profile for user: mick-io
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Unable to execute shebang scripts after chmod +x

I've been unable to run Python, Ruby, & Node scripts marked with a shebang.


Before preforming a a factory reset with the help from an Apple Genius, I was able to use chmod +x to make a script executable. Since the reset, the same scripts returns "permission denied". If I try to run the script with sudo, "unable to execute" is returned.


Any ideas of how to fix this? Based on my web searches, it may have to do with a noexec flag listed after using the mount command.


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MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2017), macOS High Sierra (10.13.6)

Posted on Aug 4, 2018 3:38 PM

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User profile for user: VikingOSX
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Posted on Aug 4, 2018 8:22 PM

That #!/usr/local/bin<space>python3 is an incorrect invocation. As there is no python3 installed by Apple, you can use either of the following:


#!/usr/local/env python3

or

#!/usr/local/bin/python3


The latter would simply be a link into the Python3 framework that is likely installed in Library/Frameworks.


I believe that noexec option in the mounted filesystem will halt any attempt to execute code on it.

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Aug 4, 2018 8:22 PM in response to mick-io

That #!/usr/local/bin<space>python3 is an incorrect invocation. As there is no python3 installed by Apple, you can use either of the following:


#!/usr/local/env python3

or

#!/usr/local/bin/python3


The latter would simply be a link into the Python3 framework that is likely installed in Library/Frameworks.


I believe that noexec option in the mounted filesystem will halt any attempt to execute code on it.

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Unable to execute shebang scripts after chmod +x

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