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From: "George  Iosif" <giosif@ase.ro>
Subject: Re: Making directories non-executable?
Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 08:47:27 +0200
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There is an option when mounting partitions: noexec .
It is advisable to have a separate partition for /tmp (if this is the
directory you're trying to make it a "non executable medium") and mount
it with noexec (and nosuid) option(s).



George Iosif