Messages in this thread | | | From | Mark Rosenstand <> | Subject | Re: Executable shell scripts | Date | Sat, 13 May 2006 15:18:50 +0200 (CEST) |
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Theodore Tso <tytso@mit.edu> wrote: > On Sat, May 13, 2006 at 01:27:54PM +0200, Mark Rosenstand wrote: > > > Every Unix I've ever seen works this way. It'd be nice to have > > > unreadable executable scripts, but no one's ever done it. > > > > According to > > http://www.faqs.org/faqs/unix-faq/faq/part4/section-7.html both > > 4.3BSD and SunOS have. I can confirm that it works on current BSD's > > as well. > > Incorrect. The FAQ stated that BSD4.3 and SunOS support executable > shell scripts, but both BSD 4.3 and SunOS required that the shell > scripts be readable. I know, I've personally worked on BSD 4.3 > systems and worked on BSD 4.3 source. Read the FAQ more carefully....
I only confirmed that it works on current BSD's, not that it used to work that way on 4.3BSD (although that was my impression.)
Anyhow, I don't really mind the 111 mode, the point was to show shell scripts being treated as executables. What I do want this feature for is the "more useful case" that somehow got stripped off in the replies, namely setuid and setgid scripts. - 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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