On 23 May 2001 15:17:40 -0400, Miguel de Icaza wrote:
Every will linux email clients be threatened by melissa-like worms?
article ends with we have the execute bit 'security'. I vote for not
having this feature implemented...
You realize that this gives you no security at all right?
Vladimir Vukicevic wrote:
Currently when people download executables from the network, say for
installing software, they can not execute them because the execute bit
is not set.
Does this actually happen? Can anyone remember the last time they
downloaded a single binary executable from
As has been already mentioned, nautilus has a way how to change perms
without launching a shell (I bet gmc has too, dunno).
Of course I know this. And you do too. And yes, gmc has this as
well.
The problem is not that *we* know that this exists. But the problem
is that I have *seen*
On 23 May 2001 14:59:31 -0700, Miles Lane wrote:
It would be cool to be able to:
Click on a RPM link to download the RPM file
and then have an installer kick off that shows
the RPM info and asks for an installation
confirmation. Then, prompt for the root
It would be cool to be able to:
Click on a RPM link to download the RPM file
and then have an installer kick off that shows
the RPM info and asks for an installation
confirmation. Then, prompt for the root
password before actually installing the package.
