> > For the question, courtesy : kernelnewbies.org > > If I have an executable say 'N', but I do not want it to be executed > (without modifyiing the .out file), how would I be able to do it? > You can turn off the executable bit in the file permissions with chmod, like $chmod 666 <executable> > Remember, you should think about the following scenarios: > linking (sym or hard) > copying the file > renaming the file The above solution works for the above cases. > obtaining source code, changing it, recompiling as a different > executable (i think this is impossible to avoid:) ) So do I.
Kaustubh -- Your job is being a professor and researcher: That's one hell of a good excuse for some of the brain-damages of minix. (Linus Torvalds to Andrew Tanenbaum) -- ______________________________________________________________________ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List: (plug-mail@plug.org.in) List Information: http://plug.org.in/mailing-list/listinfo/plug-mail Send 'help' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for mailing instructions.