Manoel Arcisio-Miranda wrote: > I am beginner in modeling of proteins. I downloaded the Modeller 9v7 > (Windows package) and I am following the tutorials. I just started the > Basic Modeling tutorial, but when I type any command at the command > line, for example: mod9v7 build_profile.py, the following message appear: > > Cannot open logfile build_profile.log: Permission denied
See step 6 at http://salilab.org/modeller/9v7/release.html#windows
Windows Vista has stricter security than older versions of Windows; it won't let you write into a directory that you don't own, so it won't let Modeller create log files there (or any other output files, such as models). Make a new directory, put the files there, use the 'cd' command to change into it, and then run 'mod9v7'. Don't run things directly out of the Modeller install directory.
Ben Webb, Modeller Caretaker