>> Presumably this is NetBSD trying to break execute-out-of-the-stack >> malware. This is not an unreasonable default, but, for this use >> case, it's a crippling misfeature. How do I disable it? > Have a look at paxctl(8).
paxctl +m works nicely. For the moment, per-executable granularity is fine; if I find I want it system-wide, I'll play with the sysctl nodes under security.pax; some of those look promising. Thank you very much! /~\ The ASCII Mouse \ / Ribbon Campaign X Against HTML mo...@rodents-montreal.org / \ Email! 7D C8 61 52 5D E7 2D 39 4E F1 31 3E E8 B3 27 4B