# Permission denied **URL:** \ **Category:** help\ **Created:** [May 24, 2026, 4:21pm UTC](https://users.rust-lang.org/t/permission-denied/140241 "2026-05-24T16:21:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![chimbis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a183cd/32.png) [@chimbis](https://users.rust-lang.org/u/chimbis)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2026, 4:21pm UTC](https://users.rust-lang.org/t/permission-denied/140241/1 "2026-05-24T16:21:46Z")
Hi, I installed Rust on EndeavourOS using the rustup-method (rather than an Arch package). Everything seems to go well but when I later try to run cargo (or rather anything pointing to rustup) I get "Permission denied". All binaries are installed in ./cargo/bin in my home directory. I am the owner of all files under .cargo and all dotfiles in the my home directory. Check $PATH I find that /home/me/.cargo/bin is in there. Checking the zsh-config files I notice that the line . "$HOME/.cargo/env" is there, e.g. in the file .zshenv. So to me everything looks fine, what am I missing? ---
**Author:** ![ntova](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ed8c4c/32.png) [@ntova](https://users.rust-lang.org/u/ntova)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2026, 4:53pm UTC](https://users.rust-lang.org/t/permission-denied/140241/2 "2026-05-24T16:53:51Z")
Are you sure you are executing the correct cargo binary? You can check it using `which` or `command -v`. Also check if the binaries have the executable bit set. ---
**Author:** ![chimbis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a183cd/32.png) [@chimbis](https://users.rust-lang.org/u/chimbis)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2026, 5:09pm UTC](https://users.rust-lang.org/t/permission-denied/140241/3 "2026-05-24T17:09:24Z")
If I do "which cargo" I get an empty reply, while cargo -v also gives "Permission denied". And yes they all have the x-bit set. ---
**Author:** ![ProgramCrafter](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/users.rust-lang.org/programcrafter/32/45916_2.png) [@ProgramCrafter](https://users.rust-lang.org/u/ProgramCrafter)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2026, 5:18pm UTC](https://users.rust-lang.org/t/permission-denied/140241/4 "2026-05-24T17:18:08Z")
Have you installed it with the user's privileges (aka without sudo)? Check also the file's owner. ---
**Author:** ![chimbis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a183cd/32.png) [@chimbis](https://users.rust-lang.org/u/chimbis)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2026, 5:21pm UTC](https://users.rust-lang.org/t/permission-denied/140241/5 "2026-05-24T17:21:14Z")
Yes, everything is my user. ---
**Author:** ![chimbis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a183cd/32.png) [@chimbis](https://users.rust-lang.org/u/chimbis)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2026, 5:25pm UTC](https://users.rust-lang.org/t/permission-denied/140241/6 "2026-05-24T17:25:12Z")
Checking again running it under sudo I get ╰─ sudo cargo -v [sudo] lösenord för me: sudo: cargo: kommandot hittades inte (command not found) ---
**Author:** ![ntova](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ed8c4c/32.png) [@ntova](https://users.rust-lang.org/u/ntova)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2026, 5:26pm UTC](https://users.rust-lang.org/t/permission-denied/140241/7 "2026-05-24T17:26:16Z")
You shouldn't use `sudo` for this. Also, an empty `which cargo` output is weird. Can you show the output of `type -a cargo` ? ---
**Author:** ![chimbis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a183cd/32.png) [@chimbis](https://users.rust-lang.org/u/chimbis)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2026, 5:39pm UTC](https://users.rust-lang.org/t/permission-denied/140241/9 "2026-05-24T17:39:12Z")
echo $PATH /home/me/.atuin/bin:/home/me/.cargo/bin: [etc] type -a cargo cargo not found type -a .cargo/bin/cargo .cargo/bin/cargo not found type -a .cargo/bin/rustup .cargo/bin/rustup not found Very strange ... ---
**Author:** ![jonh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dec6dc/32.png) [@jonh](https://users.rust-lang.org/u/jonh)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2026, 7:31pm UTC](https://users.rust-lang.org/t/permission-denied/140241/10 "2026-05-24T19:31:28Z")
I expect you have home mounted noexec or some other security block. ---
**Author:** ![MOCKBA](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/users.rust-lang.org/mockba/32/41423_2.png) [@MOCKBA](https://users.rust-lang.org/u/MOCKBA)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2026, 8:24pm UTC](https://users.rust-lang.org/t/permission-denied/140241/11 "2026-05-24T20:24:57Z")
Show your console log, otherwise it's difficult to tell. ---
**Author:** ![chimbis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a183cd/32.png) [@chimbis](https://users.rust-lang.org/u/chimbis)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2026, 4:53am UTC](https://users.rust-lang.org/t/permission-denied/140241/12 "2026-05-25T04:53:14Z")
Yes!! That must be it ... It's new-ish. My home directory is noexec, with a few exceptions. I'll make one for .cargo and see if that helps ... ---
**Author:** ![chimbis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a183cd/32.png) [@chimbis](https://users.rust-lang.org/u/chimbis)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2026, 4:37pm UTC](https://users.rust-lang.org/t/permission-denied/140241/13 "2026-06-08T16:37:45Z")
Well, .cargo **was** set exec. But .rustup wasn't - setting it exec solved the issue. ---
**Author:** ![stonerfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@stonerfish](https://users.rust-lang.org/u/stonerfish)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2026, 12:47am UTC](https://users.rust-lang.org/t/permission-denied/140241/14 "2026-06-09T00:47:50Z")
Thank you for following up. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/users.rust-lang.org/system/32/51372_2.png) [@system](https://users.rust-lang.org/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2026, 12:48am UTC](https://users.rust-lang.org/t/permission-denied/140241/15 "2026-09-07T00:48:40Z")
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