Re: The x Bit Problem

[Tomasz Rola]

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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.

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