Veritas System Recovery Linux Edition install fails immediately after extraction with a permission denied error even if running as root user.
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Description
Error Message
Line 391: ./install.py permission denied.
Cause
When running ./Veritas_System_Recovery.bin to install the software, multiple files needed for the installation are extracted to a temporary location. If execution is disabled on the mounted filesystem (e.g. 'noexec' attribute set in /etc/fstab), the execution of files from the temporary location will fail with the 'permission denied' error.
Resolution
A switch can be added when running the installation to specify a location where the temporary install files will be extracted. The path specified will be created if it does not exist:
./Veritas_System_Recovery.bin --target
Example:
Running the installation as 'root' user with the /root directory mounted on a filesystem where the noexec attribute is not set, the following command can be used to create a 'temp' directory under /root/ to extract and execute the install files:
./Veritas_System_Recovery.bin --target /root/temp
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