> That's not my experience. I can only assume your /tmp filesystem, > like mine, is not vfat-like. Whereas this floppy is:
You probably have some additional settings somewhere (where?). [terrapin] 02:52:29 ~$ sudo mount -t vfat /dev/fd0 /mnt [terrapin] 02:52:55 ~$ sudo touch /mnt/a [terrapin] 02:52:58 ~$ ls -l /mnt total 0 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 0 Jan 3 14:52 a [terrapin] 02:53:00 ~$ sudo mount -o remount,noexec /mnt [terrapin] 02:53:12 ~$ ls -l /mnt/ total 0 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 0 Jan 3 14:52 a [terrapin] 02:53:14 ~$ mount [SKIP] /dev/fd0 on /mnt type vfat (rw,noexec) [terrapin] 02:55:27 ~$ sudo umount /mnt [terrapin] 02:56:20 ~$ sudo mount -t vfat -o noexec /dev/fd0 /mnt [terrapin] 02:56:31 ~$ ls -l /mnt/a -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 0 Jan 3 14:52 /mnt/a [terrapin] 02:56:37 ~$ Please show output for 'mount' command after mounting floppy. > ~# mount -t vfat /dev/fd0 /floppy > ~# ls -l /floppy/p* > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 160498 May 15 2001 > /floppy/pcbits.zip > ~# umount /floppy/ > ~# mount -t vfat -o noexec /dev/fd0 /floppy > ~# ls -l /floppy/p* > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 160498 May 15 2001 > /floppy/pcbits.zip > ~# chmod +x /floppy/pcbits.zip > ~# ls -l /floppy/p* > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 160498 May 15 2001 > /floppy/pcbits.zip > ~# umount /floppy/ > ~# -- Alexey "Python is executable pseudocode, Perl is executable line-noise." -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]