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Date:      Mon, 21 Jan 2002 13:49:09 +0700
From:      Eugene Grosbein <eugen@www.kuzbass.ru>
To:        Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com>
Cc:        Eugene Grosbein <eugen@grosbein.pp.ru>, arch@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: [PATCH] msdosfs: differrent masks for directories and other files
Message-ID:  <3C4BB9E5.E7E63C29@www.kuzbass.ru>
References:  <20020120102521.A450@grosbein.pp.ru> <200201210638.g0L6cFO01596@apollo.backplane.com>

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Matthew Dillon wrote:

> :That is my first 6K kernel patch so please review.
> :It works at least for me :-)
>     Why not simply mount the filesystem with the 'noexec' flag?

This does not turn 'executable' bit off from files 
and therefore does not prevent midc from 'executing' archives
instead of 'entering into' them.

>     The patch looks fine, but I don't like the idea of such a targeted
>     hack being added to the mount code and we definitely do not want to
>     go changing msdosfs's mount structure just before the release either.

I understand this wouldn't be wise. The patch is for 4.5-RC1 just because
I run it now :-) Of course, it should be tested in CURRENT first as usual
but I just have not CURRENT and there is no need to rush before release.

Eugene Grosbein

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