At 11:57 03.06.99 +0200, you wrote:
>I've just received the suggestion to make sure the VMS installation
>scripts make the executables execute-only.  The corresponding on the
>Unixly side would be to give the binaries the protection 711 instead
>of 755.  The reason would be that on a multiuser system, lusers
>wouldn't be able to copy the binaries and (in?)advertadly export them
>from the US.

>I'm looking for more arguments to cover my refusal to make that kind
>of change.  Do you have any to offer?  :-)

Write a script that turns the executables readonly.
Given the paths of the files this would be simple...

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