Thank you for your bug report, that seems a feature and not a bug, see https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=742935
** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #742935 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=742935 ** Changed in: nautilus (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Low ** Changed in: nautilus (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid ** Also affects: nautilus via https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=742935 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1448443 Title: Can't execute scripts from home Status in Nautilus: Unknown Status in nautilus package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: I can't execute files anymore with Ubuntu 15.04's "Files" program (GUI). For example, I install IHMC CmapTools to some directory inside ~/. It installs a file named bin/CmapTools with "sh" shebang. This file always opens with gedit but it has execute bit on. However, if I start this from the command line with "./CmapTools", the execution succeeds. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/nautilus/+bug/1448443/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp