Andreas Goesele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, > > as it is well known the 2.4 kernel series mixed up the permissions set > at mounting for instance vfat and iso9660 partitions: As default all > files are marked as executable, creating a problem if you copy them to > ext2. One can't change that using umask as removing the executable bit > with umask 1 also applies to directories.
[...] > If there are no 2.4 kernels with the problem fixed - are there any > workarounds? Put differently: As 2.4 users how do you get around that > problem? I found a workaround. The "well-documented" option "showexec". From man mount: sys_immutable, showexec, dots, nodots, dotsOK=[yes|no] Various misguided attempts to force Unix or DOS conventions onto a FAT file system. It's indeed only a workaround, as it IMHO doesn't make much sense to show the executable tag for MS-executables. But better than nothing, anyway. If anybody has a real solution: A way on a stable 2.4.x kernel to show all files on (for example) vfat as non-executables - please, tell us. Andreas Goesele -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]