Subj : Lose execute privileges on owner files?
To   : comp.os.linux
From : RJGraham
Date : Wed Sep 29 2004 11:05 am

Hello,

I've been developing a C++ app under linux for a few months and for the 
last week have started seeing a problem where my executables and shell 
scripts are losing owner execute permission.

For example, I have a bash shell script that I chmod to 777.

I can execute it, it works fine.
Then after a while, I find I can't run this same script because it now 
does not have owner execute privileges (ie. seems that it has chmod'd to 
677). If I chmod it to 777 it works fine again.

Unfortunately, I can't narrow down a sequence of events that cause this 
to happen. I'm not touching these files other than to chmod them back to 
777 as required when they get 'flipped'.

FWIW, I'm running RH 9 distro with bash shell.

Thanks for any help.

-Randy

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