# Starting script/ferret\_start problems

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/starting-script-ferret-start-problems/106622>\
**Category:** Ferret\
**Created:** [June 12, 2007, 3:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/starting-script-ferret-start-problems/106622 "2007-06-12T15:48:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![joergd](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/51bf81/32.png) [@joergd](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/joergd)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2007, 3:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/starting-script-ferret-start-problems/106622/1 "2007-06-12T15:48:06Z")

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Hi - I have a fresh install of OSX, Rails, Ruby, Ferret, AAF etc …  
Everything is working fine, I can start mongrel, I can start  
backgroundrb, but Ferret Drb … doesn’t want to work.

RAILS\_ENV=development script/ferret\_start

Gives me:

env: script/runner: Permission denied

Is there a way I can debug this to figure out what is going on - or is  
there another way to start Ferret Drb?

Thanks  
Joerg

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**Author:** ![joergd](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/51bf81/32.png) [@joergd](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/joergd)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2007, 3:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/starting-script-ferret-start-problems/106622/2 "2007-06-12T15:56:32Z")

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On Tue, Jun 12, 2007 at 03:48:06PM +0200, Joerg D. wrote:

> Hi - I have a fresh install of OSX, Rails, Ruby, Ferret, AAF etc …  
> Everything is working fine, I can start mongrel, I can start  
> backgroundrb, but Ferret Drb … doesn’t want to work.
> 
> RAILS\_ENV=development script/ferret\_start
> 
> Gives me:
> 
> env: script/runner: Permission denied

that probably means that the runner script isn’t marked as executable.

You can correct this by doing `chmod +x script/runner` from your  
RAILS\_HOME.

Jens

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**Author:** ![joergd](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/51bf81/32.png) [@joergd](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/joergd)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2007, 4:00pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/starting-script-ferret-start-problems/106622/3 "2007-06-12T16:00:36Z")

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And it was that simple … Doh.

Thanks Jens!

> that probably means that the runner script isn’t marked as executable.
> 
> You can correct this by doing `chmod +x script/runner` from your  
> RAILS\_HOME.