[ILUG] problem running scripts and executables

[Conor Lennon]

Hi,
I have SuSE 7.3 installed on a laptop, which I have been updating with 
the latest SuSE updates.
At some point in time, I started have problems running some scripts and 
executables.
For example, if I try to configure the latest release of wine - 
20020605, I get:

# ./configure
bash: ./configure: bad interpreter: Permission denied

The first line of the configure script is
#! /bin/sh

The file attributes seem ok:
# ls -l configure
-rwxr-xr-x    1 1000     users      423782 Jun  5 18:18 configure

If I copy configure to, say, configure2, and run that I have the same 
problem.
I have also had a similar problem with some executables
For example, there is an Environment called ACE (The Adapative 
Communication Environment, http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~schmidt/ACE.html)
One of the executables in that is tao_idl.
If I compile it on my laptop, and then try to run it, I get:

# ./tao_idl
bash: ./tao_idl: Permission denied

Once again the permissions seem ok:
# ls -l tao_idl
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root       573998 Jun 15 16:50 tao_idl

If I try to list its library requirements:

# ldd tao_idl
/usr/bin/ldd: ./tao_idl: Permission denied

Any ideas?
Conor

<http://www.cs.wustl.edu/%7Eschmidt/ACE.html>