Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 29 Mar 2002 10:57:51 -0800 | From | Mike Fedyk <> | Subject | Re: ANN: NTFS 2.0.1 for kernel 2.5.7 released |
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On Fri, Mar 29, 2002 at 12:57:07PM +0000, Anton Altaparmakov wrote: > On Fri, 29 Mar 2002, Padraig Brady wrote: > > Is this a good default? > > I don't see what's wrong with that. It follows the logic of least > surprise. In Windows all files are executable as there is no way to > distinguish executables from non-executables due to lack of executable > bit. NTFS on Linux has no way of telling the difference either and hence > it makes sense to allow execution of all files.
The difference with NTFS is that there is a possibility to have unix permissions working with it natively, with no extra visible files like with umsdos.
What are you going to do when unix permissions/ACLs are supported in Linux NTFS? Default back to non executable?
How much extra work would it be to map the unix executable bits to a NTFS acl? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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