Debian 9.1 with MATE installed from DVD set.
Due a non-reproducible sequence of events, a binary executable was over
written by the contents of a man page in pure text format. For unknown
reason, the resulting file was tagged as executable.
A custom MATE launcher pointed the corrupted file.
W
On 2018-10-31, Richard Owlett wrote:
> Debian 9.1 with MATE installed from DVD set.
>
> Due a non-reproducible sequence of events, a binary executable was over
> written by the contents of a man page in pure text format. For unknown
> reason, the resulting file was tagged as executable.
I want
Hi.
On Wed, Oct 31, 2018 at 09:14:40AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
> Debian 9.1 with MATE installed from DVD set.
>
> Due a non-reproducible sequence of events, a binary executable was over
> written by the contents of a man page in pure text format. For unknown
> reason, the
> resulti
On 10/31/2018 09:18 AM, Curt wrote:
On 2018-10-31, Richard Owlett wrote:
Debian 9.1 with MATE installed from DVD set.
Due a non-reproducible sequence of events, a binary executable was over
written by the contents of a man page in pure text format. For unknown
reason, the resulting file was ta
Hi.
On Wed, Oct 31, 2018 at 09:29:52AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
> On 10/31/2018 09:18 AM, Curt wrote:
> > On 2018-10-31, Richard Owlett wrote:
> > > Debian 9.1 with MATE installed from DVD set.
> > >
> > > Due a non-reproducible sequence of events, a binary executable was over
> > >
On Wednesday 31 October 2018 10:31:40 Reco wrote:
> Hi.
>
> On Wed, Oct 31, 2018 at 09:29:52AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
> > On 10/31/2018 09:18 AM, Curt wrote:
> > > On 2018-10-31, Richard Owlett wrote:
> > > > Debian 9.1 with MATE installed from DVD set.
> > > >
> > > > Due a non-repro
On Wed, Oct 31, 2018 at 05:27:58PM +0300, Reco wrote:
> A (mis)feature. Any executable text file without defined shebang is a
> shell script.
Not quite. An attempt to execute a file that doesn't have a valid magic
number in the first few bytes triggers an ENOEXEC from the execve(2) call.
If this
On Wednesday 31 October 2018 10:31:40 Reco wrote:
> Hi.
>
> On Wed, Oct 31, 2018 at 09:29:52AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
> > On 10/31/2018 09:18 AM, Curt wrote:
> > > On 2018-10-31, Richard Owlett wrote:
> > > > Debian 9.1 with MATE installed from DVD set.
> > > >
> > > > Due a non-repro
On 2018-10-31, Richard Owlett wrote:
> On 10/31/2018 09:18 AM, Curt wrote:
>> On 2018-10-31, Richard Owlett wrote:
>>> Debian 9.1 with MATE installed from DVD set.
>>>
>>> Due a non-reproducible sequence of events, a binary executable was over
>>> written by the contents of a man page in pure tex
On Wednesday 31 October 2018 10:39:17 Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Wednesday 31 October 2018 10:31:40 Reco wrote:
> > Hi.
> >
> > On Wed, Oct 31, 2018 at 09:29:52AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
> > > On 10/31/2018 09:18 AM, Curt wrote:
> > > > On 2018-10-31, Richard Owlett wrote:
> > > > > Debian
On 10/31/2018 09:27 AM, Reco wrote:
Hi.
On Wed, Oct 31, 2018 at 09:14:40AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
Debian 9.1 with MATE installed from DVD set.
Due a non-reproducible sequence of events, a binary executable was over written
by the contents of a man page in pure text format. For u
On Wednesday, October 31, 2018 10:14:40 AM Richard Owlett wrote:
> Debian 9.1 with MATE installed from DVD set.
>
> Due a non-reproducible sequence of events, a binary executable was over
> written by the contents of a man page in pure text format.
Just to (maybe?) help with the proper focus, wa
On 10/31/2018 10:31 AM, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote:
On Wednesday, October 31, 2018 10:14:40 AM Richard Owlett wrote:
Debian 9.1 with MATE installed from DVD set.
Due a non-reproducible sequence of events, a binary executable was over
written by the contents of a man page in pure text format.
Ju
On Wednesday, October 31, 2018 11:45:15 AM Richard Owlett wrote:
> On 10/31/2018 10:31 AM, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote:
> > On Wednesday, October 31, 2018 10:14:40 AM Richard Owlett wrote:
> >> Debian 9.1 with MATE installed from DVD set.
> >>
> >> Due a non-reproducible sequence of events, a binary
On 10/31/2018 10:57 AM, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote:
On Wednesday, October 31, 2018 11:45:15 AM Richard Owlett wrote:
On 10/31/2018 10:31 AM, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote:
On Wednesday, October 31, 2018 10:14:40 AM Richard Owlett wrote:
Debian 9.1 with MATE installed from DVD set.
Due a non-reproduc
On 2018-10-31, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Due a non-reproducible sequence of events, a binary executable was over
>> >> written by the contents of a man page in pure text format.
>> >
>> > Just to (maybe?) help with the proper focus, was this a human error or
>> > something that seeme
On 10/31/2018 09:14 AM, Richard Owlett wrote:
Debian 9.1 with MATE installed from DVD set.
Due a non-reproducible sequence of events, a binary executable was over
written by the contents of a man page in pure text format. For unknown
reason, the resulting file was tagged as executable.
A cus
On Sun, Nov 04, 2018 at 07:24:04AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote:
> Turns out there was a *YUCKY* choice for a default setting.
> In the default profile for mate-terminal there is a choice titled
>"Run command as a login shell".
> The option is *not* enabled.
>
> That makes the choice "given"(si
On 11/04/2018 07:34 AM, Andy Smith wrote:
On Sun, Nov 04, 2018 at 07:24:04AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote:
Turns out there was a *YUCKY* choice for a default setting.
In the default profile for mate-terminal there is a choice titled
"Run command as a login shell".
The option is *not* enabled.
Hello,
On Mon, Nov 05, 2018 at 06:18:17AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote:
> On 11/04/2018 07:34 AM, Andy Smith wrote:
> >I don't think the login shell setting has anything to do with it.
>
> You obviously could not be bothered trying it!
I don't run any of the same software as you so it would be a
On Mon, Nov 05, 2018 at 12:31:11PM +, Andy Smith wrote:
> - You have a launcher file that references an executable. In normal
> cases calling the launcher from your desktop environment (I don't
> know if this is by menu or button or something else) causes the
> binary to run. I'm assuming
On 2018-11-05, Greg Wooledge wrote:
>
> In this case, he probably "told it to run in a terminal", and whether
> the terminal uses a login shell or not is irrelevant. The fact that
> now it's running the program inside a terminal (or possibly a terminal
> plus a shell), instead of directly executi
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