# Permissions problem when running Ruby **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [May 27, 2010, 10:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/permissions-problem-when-running-ruby/189278 "2010-05-27T22:21:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![hj-lancaster](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/ee7513/32.png) [@hj-lancaster](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/hj-lancaster)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2010, 10:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/permissions-problem-when-running-ruby/189278/1 "2010-05-27T22:21:24Z")
I am having a permissions problem which no one else on the developement team is having and no one knows how to fix it. I had talked with the IT department and they checked a couple of things and said it was not a standard Windows NTFS permissions error and they felt that it was an application permission issue. I am new to Ruby, so I do not know much. I have a dirctory c:\Workspaces\Watir Testing\bin which has the script login.rb. I have another directory c:\Workspaces\Watir Testing\test\_scripts which has the script CustomerSetup1.rb. The CustomerSetup1.rb script is the one I need to run to run the test and it calls the login.rb script. When I go to the directory c:\Workspaces\Watir Testing\test\_scripts and type “c:\Ruby\bin\ruby -l …\bin CustomerSetup1.rb”, I get the following message “c:\Ruby\bin\ruby: Permission denied – …/bin (LoadError)”. I don’t understand why I don’t have permissions to access a directory on my PC. Does anyone have any ideas on how to fix this issue? Thanks, Bev ---
**Author:** ![hj-lancaster](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/ee7513/32.png) [@hj-lancaster](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/hj-lancaster)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 1:34am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/permissions-problem-when-running-ruby/189278/2 "2010-05-28T01:34:06Z")
On 5/27/10, Bev B. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Testing\test\_scripts which has the script CustomerSetup1.rb. > This is just a shot in the dark, but could it be because you have a > space in your directory names? That can cause problems for all kinds > of things on windows. Try taking the space out and see if it makes any > difference. ---
**Author:** ![hj-lancaster](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/ee7513/32.png) [@hj-lancaster](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/hj-lancaster)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 2:25am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/permissions-problem-when-running-ruby/189278/3 "2010-05-28T02:25:36Z")
Bev B. wrote: > Testing\test\_scripts which has the script CustomerSetup1.rb. > > Does anyone have any ideas on how to fix this issue? > > Thanks, > > Bev If you are using Vista or newer you might want to turn UAC off to see if that fixes the problem. I had problems with UAC not allowing a program to make changes to files and finally just turned it off rather than try to figure out exactly what it needed. ---
**Author:** ![hj-lancaster](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/ee7513/32.png) [@hj-lancaster](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/hj-lancaster)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 4:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/permissions-problem-when-running-ruby/189278/4 "2010-05-28T16:24:49Z")
Caleb C. wrote: > On 5/27/10, Bev B. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > > Testing\test\_scripts which has the script CustomerSetup1.rb. > > This is just a shot in the dark, but could it be because you have a > > space in your directory names? That can cause problems for all kinds > > of things on windows. Try taking the space out and see if it makes any > > difference. I tried removing the space and that didn’t help. ---
**Author:** ![hj-lancaster](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/ee7513/32.png) [@hj-lancaster](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/hj-lancaster)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 4:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/permissions-problem-when-running-ruby/189278/5 "2010-05-28T16:31:07Z")
Michael W Ryder wrote: > Bev B. wrote: > > > Testing\test\_scripts which has the script CustomerSetup1.rb. > > > > Does anyone have any ideas on how to fix this issue? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Bev > > If you are using Vista or newer you might want to turn UAC off to see if > that fixes the problem. I had problems with UAC not allowing a program > to make changes to files and finally just turned it off rather than try > to figure out exactly what it needed. I am running Windows XP Professional.