Subject: Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: darcs vs tla
From: Robert Collins <rbcollins@cygwin.com>
To: John A Meinel <john@arbash-meinel.com>
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Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2004 09:41:41 +1100
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Cc: Arch Users <gnu-arch-users@gnu.org>,
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On Thu, 2004-11-18 at 16:33 -0600, John A Meinel wrote:

> > It has an X bit. And the system can run any arbitrarily named file.
> > However.. the shells both UI and command line use a registry of file
> > extensions to choose an interpreter, rather than a hashbang and file
> > magic.
> >=20
> > Rob
>=20
> Can you mark a .exe as non-executable?

Yes.

offhand - I haven't used this tool in years -=20
setacl /D everyone:execute foo.exe

> I could be wrong, and ACL's might have something about whether or not=20
> this item can be executed by a person. I know they have read/write. But=20
> I certainly don't think you can say "double clicking this file will not=20
> run word, but opening word and opening this file will work". I'm not=20
> sure about .exe/com/bat etc.

.doc files are not executed, because of the file type lookup, I'm pretty
sure that denying execute on them will have no effect.

Rob

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