Slackware users seem to have this problem addressed long time ago: "There's no need for normal files to be executable (and it can indeed be a security risk (*)), so we use fmask to turn off those permissions." and proposed solutions, depending on the case, in http://slackwiki.org/Windows_Partitions
(*) And, in the other hand, the annoyances described in https://bugs.launchpad.net/hundredpapercuts/+bug/78505/comments/8 https://bugs.launchpad.net/hundredpapercuts/+bug/78505/comments/14 https://bugs.launchpad.net/hundredpapercuts/+bug/78505/comments/17 https://bugs.launchpad.net/hundredpapercuts/+bug/78505/comments/18 -- NTFS and FAT partitions mounted with executable bits create lots of annoyance https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/78505 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