Can't run scripts no more: "permission denied"

[Giorgos Keramidas]

On 2005-12-01 18:59, Blue Raccoon <blue.raccoon at wanadoo.nl> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I tried to make a simple script to launch sylpheed when mailto: is
> clicked in firefox:
>
>  sylpheed --compose "$1"
>
> I put that in a plain text file, made it executable.. and nothing
> happened. From the command line I get "permission denied" when I run
> it. Even when I set perm to 777.

Is the script in a directory that is already in your PATH?  Where is the
script and what are the _EXACT_ steps you take to run it?

> Next I find that another script (which copies a bunch of config files
> to a safe place) also won't run anymore. It worked fine this morning.
> Sudo makes no difference.

When did those scripts run fine?  What did you change since then?