On Tue, Apr 30, 2019 at 09:19:55AM +0800, Bill Kenworthy wrote > How does one execute a file on an exfat formatted usb key? > > I have an encryption app that must be executed from the drive to work > (secure-stick). Works great in windows, linux is a real pain because I > think udisks is forcing execute off and I cant overide it.
This is a security measure. If I try to execute a bash script on /dev/shm I get a "Permission denied" error. This can be overriden by manually remounting. According to "man mount"... > mount(8) since v2.27 allows to change the mount options by passing > the relevant options along with --bind. For example: > > mount -o bind,ro foo foo > > This feature is not supported by the Linux kernel; it is implemented > in userspace by an additional mount(2) remounting system call. This > solution is not atomic. Can you manually remount it after it has been mounted by udisks? -- Walter Dnes <waltd...@waltdnes.org> I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications
