On Tue Oct 8, 2019 at 5:35 PM Keith Bainbridge wrote: > So I put noexec under the heading of it may deter somebody who is > looking for easy targets.
Yes I think of it like a speed bump, rather than a barrier. > bash without the -c will run a script however. Yes. > Now to make that info useful. I have back-up disks mount noexec and then > unmount as part of the script. BUT I've had a couple of instances of the > back landing in the mount point for some reason. If the script is on the > disk, it can only run if the disk mounts, surely. So now is the time to > check it all out Yes that sounds correct: if the mount didn't happen, the script isn't there, so it won't run. > Again, thanks for persisting. You're welcome!