Date: Sat, 9 Mar 2002 00:20:02 -0800 (PST) From: Eugene Grosbein <eugen@grosbein.pp.ru> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: kern/35699: [PATCH] msdosfs: differrent masks for directories and other files Message-ID: <200203090820.g298K2u64676@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR kern/35699; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Eugene Grosbein <eugen@grosbein.pp.ru> To: "Crist J. Clark" <cjc@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: kern/35699: [PATCH] msdosfs: differrent masks for directories and other files Date: Sat, 09 Mar 2002 15:14:21 +0700 "Crist J. Clark" wrote: > > > The 'noexec' mount option does not help here - it does not > > clear 'executable' flag for files. > > 'noexec' works fine. If you try to execute a file on an MSDOS > filesystem marked 'noexec,' you get permission denied. The 'noexec' > option has no effect on permission bits for MSDOS, UFS, or any other > filesystem. Exactly. And sometimes it's desirable for files to "look like" non-executable. > As for the rest of the problems, IMHO, MSDOS filesystems have > limitations. Live with them or don't use MSDOS filesystems. Why just not get rid of some limitations? Eugene Grosbein To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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