CLI: Check for user execute permissions in verdi code test

src/aiida/orm/nodes/data/code/installed.py

@@ -137,6 +137,13 @@ def validate_filepath_executable(self):
             with override_log_level():  # Temporarily suppress noisy logging
                 with self.computer.get_transport() as transport:
                     file_exists = transport.isfile(str(self.filepath_executable))
+                    if file_exists:
+                        mode = transport.get_mode(str(self.filepath_executable))
+                        # `format(mode, 'b')` with default permissions
+                        # gives 110110100, representing rw-rw-r--
+                        # Check on index 2 if user has execute
+                        user_has_execute = format(mode, 'b')[2] == '1'
+
         except Exception as exception:
             raise exceptions.ValidationError(
                 'Could not connect to the configured computer to determine whether the specified executable exists.'
@@ -147,6 +154,13 @@ def validate_filepath_executable(self):
                 f'The provided remote absolute path `{self.filepath_executable}` does not exist on the computer.'
             )
 
+        if not user_has_execute:
+            execute_msg = (
+                f'The file at the remote absolute path `{self.filepath_executable}` exists, '
+                'but might not actually be executable. Check the permissions.'
+            )
+            raise exceptions.ValidationError(execute_msg)
+
     def can_run_on_computer(self, computer: Computer) -> bool:
         """Return whether the code can run on a given computer.
 

tests/orm/data/code/test_installed.py

@@ -101,10 +101,15 @@ def computer(request, aiida_computer_local, aiida_computer_ssh):
 
 @pytest.mark.usefixtures('aiida_profile_clean')
 @pytest.mark.parametrize('computer', ('core.local', 'core.ssh'), indirect=True)
-def test_validate_filepath_executable(ssh_key, computer, bash_path):
+def test_validate_filepath_executable(ssh_key, computer, bash_path, tmp_path):
     """Test the :meth:`aiida.orm.nodes.data.code.installed.InstalledCode.validate_filepath_executable` method."""
+
     filepath_executable = '/usr/bin/not-existing'
+    dummy_executable = tmp_path / 'dummy.sh'
+    # Default Linux permissions are 664, so file is not executable
+    dummy_executable.touch()
     code = InstalledCode(computer=computer, filepath_executable=filepath_executable)
+    dummy_code = InstalledCode(computer=computer, filepath_executable=str(dummy_executable))
 
     with pytest.raises(ValidationError, match=r'Could not connect to the configured computer.*'):
         code.validate_filepath_executable()
@@ -117,6 +122,13 @@ def test_validate_filepath_executable(ssh_key, computer, bash_path):
     with pytest.raises(ValidationError, match=r'The provided remote absolute path .* does not exist on the computer\.'):
         code.validate_filepath_executable()
 
+    with pytest.raises(
+        ValidationError,
+        match=r'The file at the remote absolute path .* exists, but might not actually be executable\.',
+    ):
+        # Didn't put this in the if, using transport.put, as we anyway only connect to localhost via SSH in this test
+        dummy_code.validate_filepath_executable()
+
     code.filepath_executable = str(bash_path.absolute())
     code.validate_filepath_executable()