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Subject: Re: mounting filesystems with "noexec"
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On 2005.09.23 22:55:56 +0100, markzero wrote:
> With all that has been said so far, what is the actual point of
> the noexec flag?=20

=46rom mount(8) (yes I like quoting the docs. when we have them ;) ):

	This option is useful for a server that has file systems
	containing binaries for architectures other than its own.

--=20
Simon L. Nielsen

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