On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 00:55, Scott Ritchie <scottritc...@ubuntu.com> wrote: > My proposal here is to do the same thing I'm experimenting with for > Wine: have the mime type associate with a new application that checks > for the execute bit - if it's there it's passed normally, and if it's > not the user gets a "run (and set execute bit) vs cancel" prompt.
I agree that an association with a simple script which checks for the execute bit sounds like a good idea. How do you deal with the race condition when the file is changed after the executable bit is checked, and before the file would be executed? The special execute bit is a feature: random files downloaded from the Internet have to be granted the execute privilege, explicitly, before they can execute, and do any damage. Furthermore, there is a perfectly valid open operation, which is opening the JAR with the Archive Manager. Executing is accessible via the context menu. Jan. -- Opening a Java Archive (.JAR) file executes it regardless of the "executable" permission bit https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/313439 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
