Just to add fuel to the fire... for me as well, Execute has no bearing on execution of files via Samba. It does have the normal UNIX meaning on directories though.
-----Original Message----- From: Jim McDonough [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 9:57 AM To: Richard Sharpe Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Nick Drouet Subject: Re: Users able to execute windows .exe though execute bit not set >Hmmm, I did some testing a week or so ago, and found that removing the >execute permission from ACLs on the file (esp inherited ones) prevents >Win2K from executing the file, although it does open the file for read >first. Doesn't happen for me. It lets me execute a file for which I only have read access... ---------------------------- Jim McDonough IBM Linux Technology Center Samba Team 6 Minuteman Drive Scarborough, ME 04074 USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: (207) 885-5565 IBM tie-line: 776-9984
