# Strange permissions error **URL:** \ **Category:** Ferret\ **Created:** [February 4, 2008, 9:16pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/strange-permissions-error/128080 "2008-02-04T21:16:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![johnnybutler7](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/8491ac/32.png) [@johnnybutler7](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/johnnybutler7)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2008, 9:16pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/strange-permissions-error/128080/1 "2008-02-04T21:16:55Z")
While trying to run a rake task which accesses the ferret index, I keep getting this error: Permission denied - script/…/config/…/index/production/shared/rebuild I have run chgrp and chmod appropriately and am fairly certain that there is no OS-level read/write permissions issue-- or is something trying to /execute/ that path? If so, then this must be a bug, right? there wouldn’t be a script living down in the index… any ideas would help… john ---
**Author:** ![johnnybutler7](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/8491ac/32.png) [@johnnybutler7](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/johnnybutler7)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2008, 11:52pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/strange-permissions-error/128080/2 "2008-02-04T23:52:39Z")
On Mon, Feb 04, 2008 at 03:05:32PM -0500, John B. wrote: > While trying to run a rake task which accesses the ferret index, I > keep getting this error: > > Permission denied - script/…/config/…/index/production/shared/rebuild > > I have run chgrp and chmod appropriately and am fairly certain that > there is no OS-level read/write permissions issue-- or is something > trying to /execute/ that path? If so, then this must be a bug, right? Well, you need +x flags on directories in order to be able to access them. Maybe that’s the problem? Jens – Jens Krämer [http://www.jkraemer.net/](http://www.jkraemer.net/) - Blog [http://www.omdb.org/](http://www.omdb.org/) - The new free film database