On Thursday 02 October 2003 15:02, John Hasler wrote: > Unless the admins were sensible and had mounted /home noexec on all > company machines.
True. But you run the risk of making a lot of unpriviliged power users very angry if you do that. There are ways to solve it, but it can get rather messy. But I think I'll run home to mom and dad and do that on their machine... :-) > BTW what Linux email software allows users to run executable > attachments by clicking on them? I think that's the wrong question to ask... I think the question is "will Linux vendors obey a market that wants executeable files to be executed from email software if the user clicks on it?" Gotta think like a PHB now, you know... :-) Best, Kjetil -- Kjetil Kjernsmo Astrophysicist/IT Consultant/Skeptic/Ski-orienteer/Orienteer/Mountaineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage: http://www.kjetil.kjernsmo.net/ OpenPGP KeyID: 6A6A0BBC -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]