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    SubjectRe: Vfat increases file permissions

    my fstab entry seems to work quite well:
    /dev/hda1 /c vfat defaults,nosuid,nodev,quiet,umask=0000,showexec,noatime 0 0 # noexec

    On Wed, 11 Feb 2004, Steve G wrote:

    > Hello,
    >
    > I am wondering about something. Why is it that when I mount a
    > vfat floppy disk and copy a file to the disk, it becomes
    > executable?
    >
    > [root@linux fd_test]# umask 277
    > [root@linux fd_test]# touch test.txt
    > [root@linux fd_test]# ls -l test.txt
    > -r-------- 1 root root 0 Feb 11 17:20 test.txt
    > [root@linux fd_test]# cp test.txt /mnt/floppy/
    > [root@linux fd_test]# ls -l /mnt/floppy/test.txt
    > -rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Feb 11 17:20
    > /mnt/floppy/test.txt
    >
    > In the DOS world, not every file is executable. It uses the file
    > extention to decide if the file is executable. A text file is not
    > implicitly executable unless it has a .bat file extention.
    >
    > Is the Linux implementation interpreting something that doesn't
    > actually exist in the original?
    >
    > I am concerned about world writeable, executable files existing
    > on my floppies or USB devices that are formatted vfat. This seems
    > like a security concern to me.
    >
    > Thanks,
    > Steve Grubb
    >
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