Re: [PATCH/RFC] do not source/exec scripts on noexec mount points

[Mike Frysinger]

On 13 Dec 2015 12:21, Piotr Grzybowski wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 12, 2015 at 11:53 PM, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> > On 12 Dec 2015 15:06, Bob Proulx wrote:
> >> It will almost
> >> certainly get in the way of a reasonable use case.
> >
> > can you name a reasonable use case this breaks ?
> 
> source /media/noexecmountpoint/sh/functions.sh;
> find_all_files_with_executable_bit /media/noexecmountpoint;

i think you're doing it wrong.  if you want to run code off of mount
point, then you should be mounting it executable.

>  Mike: I kind of understand your idea, but noexec flag given in the
> mount significates something else then your patch addresses.

i disagree
-mike

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