# Permission denied

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/permission-denied/171007>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [June 25, 2009, 9:14am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/permission-denied/171007 "2009-06-25T09:14:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![vivek](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/77aa72/32.png) [@vivek](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/vivek)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 9:14am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/permission-denied/171007/1 "2009-06-25T09:14:08Z")

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Hi,

when i do rails myfirstrailsapp at the command prompt on windows…i  
get the error Permission denied - myfirstrailsapp/public/javascripts/  
prototype.js. what should i do now?

I am using ruby 1.8.6 (2008-08-11 patchlevel 287) [i386-mswin32]  
gem 1.3.4  
rails Rails 2.3.2  
Windows vista bussiness 32 bit.

Thank you  
Vivek S

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**Author:** ![vivek](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/77aa72/32.png) [@vivek](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/vivek)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 9:51am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/permission-denied/171007/2 "2009-06-25T09:51:35Z")

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Are you running your server with ‘script/server’ command?