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From: Padraig Brady <padraig.brady@corvil.com>
To: Willy Tarreau <willy@w.ods.org>
Cc: Miroslav Rudisin <miero@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] default file permission for vfat
Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2002 10:02:48 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3D9AB638.60209@corvil.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20021001185526.GA704@alpha.home.local

Willy Tarreau wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 01, 2002 at 07:39:08PM +0200, Miroslav Rudisin wrote:
> 
>>Hi,
>>
>>The attached patch change default permission of files on [v]fatfs.
>>Default RWX have no utilization. This patch remove exec flag.
> 
> Hi !
> 
> This is sometimes very useful to put init scripts on a floppy disk.

Not the common case and you can use different format floppies for this anyway.

 > I'd prefer to keep exec flags. If you don't want files to be executable, you
> still can mount the FS with the 'noexec' option.

Not since: http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0109.3/0363.html
Ideal would be to have a umask and dmask option (that applied to everything
not just vfat)

See also: http://kt.zork.net/kernel-traffic/kt20020415_162.html#1

Pádraig.


  reply	other threads:[~2002-10-02  8:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-10-01 17:39 [PATCH] default file permission for vfat Miroslav Rudisin
2002-10-01 18:55 ` Willy Tarreau
2002-10-02  9:02   ` Padraig Brady [this message]
2002-10-02  9:46     ` Willy Tarreau
2002-10-02 10:38       ` GOMBAS Gabor
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2002-10-02 20:52 Stas Sergeev

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