From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264127AbTLEN5x (ORCPT ); Fri, 5 Dec 2003 08:57:53 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264128AbTLEN5w (ORCPT ); Fri, 5 Dec 2003 08:57:52 -0500 Received: from chello062179052249.chello.pl ([62.179.52.249]:9423 "EHLO pioneer.space.nemesis.pl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264127AbTLEN5u (ORCPT ); Fri, 5 Dec 2003 08:57:50 -0500 Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2003 15:04:17 +0100 (CET) From: Tomasz Rola To: Bob cc: linux-kernel , Tomasz Rola Subject: Re: The x Bit Problem In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, 5 Dec 2003, Tomasz Rola wrote: > On Fri, 5 Dec 2003, Bob wrote: > > > Windows doesn't just ignore it. When I move > > files from win to linux all the x bits are turned > > on so txt and bz2 and jpg files are marked > > executable. That's annoying and a security > > risk. > > I'm jumping into this thread so this might have already been told but how > about umask=0111 mount option for dos (fat,vfat etc) filesystems? Also, And I'm answering to myself. Nope. But with showexec=no it seems that only dirs and *.exe are x-ed. Writing faster than light isn't good because humans think slower than light... bye T. - -- ** A C programmer asked whether computer had Buddha's nature. ** ** As the answer, master did "rm -rif" on the programmer's home ** ** directory. And then the C programmer became enlightened... ** ** ** ** Tomasz Rola mailto:tomasz_rola@bigfoot.com ** -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPfreeware 5.0i for non-commercial use Charset: noconv iQA/AwUBP9CQaRETUsyL9vbiEQKkqACcCpWkZIqg2eFKCaHkCrQdKvLIRS8Anixh 8Lzl3FOsuEgy9FvFS0lPoqLI =rTu8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----