[Xastir] unable to run xastir executable

[Bob Poirier]

I have just finished loading cygwin and xastir on a IBM Thinkpad 380XD running WIN98SE.  Everything compliled and configured as advertised but when I go to run xastir  in "X-" either from the shortcut "xastir &" or directly from the /usr/local/bin/xastir directory I get the message " bash: ./xastir: Permission denied.

Can anyone enlighten this Unix neophyte?

Thanks,
Bob K0DJ