Operation not permitted

[John Fox]

Yes, indeed, all is well after disabling apparmor. Bloatware c/o Novell. 
Silly to miss that, but thanks for a kick in the right direction.

John

Chris Wilkes wrote:
A quick googles for "operation not permitted" makes it look like an
"AppArmor" problem.

I would try disabling that protection mechanism and see if it works.  If
it does then we know where the problems lies.

Chris