Permission denied error running scripts in /var/tmp as root user

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Trying to execute a script on /var/tmp as root shows permission denied:
[root@gss-rhel6u2-64 ~]# /mnt/testmount/script.sh hello
-bash: /mnt/testmount/script.sh: Permission denied

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

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